The challenge to myself was to create something out of a perfectly formed flower in under two hours. I was going to turn the center into some kind of face sore, but then I thought of substituting an object for a falling petal that would symbolize death. Finding a white casket would be the answer. The whole idea also appealed to me because the flower image is bright on top and blurry and dark below, which would complement the symbolism of life and death. I removed one petal through painting and cloning. The original flower image doesn't extend much beyond the bottom petal so this extended area is a combination of painting and cutouts of the top greens, enlarged, blurred and blended together. The upper greens were also manipulated to accommodate the new format
Time to complete: 45 minutes
