NOTE: Print does not have Watermark

This is my entry for the "Mystery of the Far East" by lucretia-stock and alegion-stock

A Detailed Close-up of her Face and an Animated GIF of the image creation progress is HERE

The stock image had such an emotional quality I wanted my image to portrayed that ...the Geisha's whole stance captured a feeling of release and joy.

I also wanted to incorporate a Haiku feeling; simple with subtle depths. The title is derived from the Haiku I wrote for the image (see below). It is almost too cliche but I couldn't resist

I had a lot of trouble with the hair ... I tried to do a traditional Geisha Wig and then have it look windblown ... not as easy as I thought it would be! The make-up is less traditional than I originally had planned ...just did not work with the emotion in the piece so it is modified and I hope the Traditionalist out there will forgive me.

Last but not least I wrote a Haiku (my very first and with help from A word about haiku - by Michael James plus I noted him and he was kind enough to respond and it helped a lot. Any errors in the style and format of the poem are all mine ...and the title is not for the Haiku but the image as I don't believe you are suppose to give Haiku a title!

Spring wind moves
Winter clouds
Soon the dragonflies!

The wonderful images that inspired this piece are from

The Geisha: lucretia-stock

The Sea/Land Scape: alegion-stock

The Sky is altered from an image of my own over an extension of the original Alegion image to create a "raincloud" look. The Hairpiece is created from her dress and drawn in PS

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Please, absolutely no reproduction, copying or duplication of this image, in part or in whole, without my permission and written consent! My images are not Free Domain!