# 99 Solitude and # 100 Secrets

Solitude Alone with her thoughts The tide pool image is my own photograph, much altered. The bather is from Google Images, altered several times in Fotosketcher.

Deep as the Ocean are the Secrets of a Woman's Heart. Painted with photoshop brushes.

# 98 Puzzle

Missing pieces

# 96-In the storm # 97-Wings

Coming out of the storm... One of my very favorite children images--I wish I could remember where I got it; it was a free image from someone, and a stunning image of a tornado that I've used before, from Google Images. Texture layers from Kim Klassen and Shadowhouse Creations.

Dark Angel... One of my favorite images of the sublime Sarah Bernhardt, Red texture from Shadowhouse's Blood Rage texture pack( Thank you again, Jerry, I just love these raw, red textures.) The wings are a free photoshop brush.

# 93-Falling # 94-Hope # 95 Shadow

Falling Water The water drop is a Photoshop brush, as is the text, The background texture is from Greentea at Textures for Layers

Hope for the Earth My photo, taken in November 2004, 25 years after the volcano at Mount St. Helen exploded. The destroyed trees are still there, some standing, most blasted to the ground. There are fir trees and snmall bushes growing in this desolation! THe force of Nature to recover itself is the ultimate HOPE for all of us on this planet.

Woman in Shadow Six layers of the same image of Julie Newmar with various blending modes and filters applied, The starry texture is by Pareeerica at T4L.

# 91 -Drowning and # 92- Desolate

Drowning Background texture is a print by my very talented daughter; the face image is from Google images.

Desolate My photo of a dead tree on the summit of Sandia Mountain in New Mexico, several layers altered with fotosketcher; background textures from Kim Klassen and Elizabeth Golden. The crow is from the Graphics fairy

# 88-Soft # 89-Black # 90-Alley

Softly dreaming

Tone on Tone

In an Italian Alley

# 87 Tranquil

Photo is mine, textures from BittBox, manuscript text was googled.

# 86 Mask

Carnivale

Photo by winterwolfstudio on Deviantart.com, bokeh layers from Mbgrigby, jyrk58 and Kamina at TExtures for Layers.

# 85 Lock and Key

Image from ImageAfter free stock images, texture by Kim Klassen, grass was googled and the rest is brushes,

# 84 Ghosts

Image from art-e-zine, textures from Kerstin Franks and Shadowhouse.

# 83 Underwater

# 82 Dance

Gotta Dance...

Image from Google, background by Cynthia Powell, all altered with blending modes, filters and levels adjustments.

# 81 Pen and paper

Love notes

Pen image used with permission from Beastmaster02 on Flickr; other text layers from Trine Steckler and Crafty Dogma. The face is one of my brushes, and the stains are brushes by Fudgegraphics,

Crazy Amigos-Purple

I made this using one of my own photos, the colors were right out of the camera, only saturated a bit, then altered in Fotosketcher. The Fairy is from Marie's Freeebies.

#80 Lost

Only 20 to go--will I make it?????

Lost...

my own photo, altered in fotosketcher and with multiple layers, blending modes and filters. The face is a brush.

#79 Gateway

Gateway

Woman from e-vint, cupid is from a free coloring page I found on Google. Background is a paper from CottageArts embellished with brushes.

# 78 Art

Background made from bits by Shadowhouse and Encounter_laura, Handprint was googled.

# 76--Passion and # 77 Past Days

Passion--What is Mine

Image from e-vint; background made with textures fron Cynthia Powell, Pareeerica and Shadowhouse.

Past Days Taos Pueblo Tradition

Taos Pueblo is the oldest continuously occupied pueblo in the United States.
The images are photos I took in New Mexico a few years ago. The woman is a Corn Dancer--as I recall this is a fertility dance for the planting of corn, a staple of the pueblo people's diet.
Kokopelli is a prominent spirit among the Pueblo tribes, and the sun symbol is also seen on the New Mexico state flag,

# 75 Mirror

Looking into the Moon's Mirror

Image from a Waterhouse painting; the moon mirror was Googled. The background bits are from Encounter_laura and Untamed Reflections. The runes in the background are brushes by JScully.

# 74 Window

Shattered

a montage of three photos I took of glass sided buildings in Boston; played with using blending modes and opacity adjustments. The face is a brush.