After sunset at Hilton Head Harbor, the clouds create amazing designs and reflections.
We end the series of images from Hilton Head.
Evening Sky at Hilton Head Harbor Marina
Evening Sky at Hilton Head Harbor Marina Vertical View
Ending a series of nature-inspired designs.
Here is an image of tall grass lit by natural light, which one can visualize as an artistic lamp.
Lighted Tall Grass
Nature created artful designs in a rocky wall in Galapagos
Designs in Rocky Wall
Randomly growing trunks have a variety of textures naturally designed
A Variety of Textures
Backlit leaves create a simple symmetrical image designed by nature
Bright Green Leaf Designs
A burl is a dense, knotty outgrowth from a tree, a type of callus tissue formed in response to damage (like fire, insect, or fungal attacks) or environmental stress. Although a burl is a form of tree damage, it looks like an interesting natural design.
Burl on a Tree Trunk
Under shallow water and on a beach, reveal natural, artful designs in the sand.
Ripples in Lake Sand
Patterns in Sand
If you closely observe tree trunks, you see naturally created artistic designs
Oak Tree Trunk Designs
Palm Tree Trunk
Trunk of a Sequoia
Greenery on a tree trunk conveys its desire to grow, creating a naturally designed image that reflects it.
Zeal to Grow
This rock is naturally formed, creating designs. Often, those white bands or stripes, called veins, are quartz or calcite. Quartz filled the fissures and cracks in rocks. The calcite was formed from the precipitation of calcium carbonate from water running over and through the rocks.
Designs in a Rock
Walking around in nature with an open photographic mind, one can capture images that can be visualized as designs.
Here are simple photos of bark on tree trunks that display natural designs.
Tree Bark Designs
Tree Bark
Bearfootin’ Public Art Walk is a whimsical, playful public art display, with the much-loved Bearfootin’ bears of Downtown Hendersonville.
Here are three bears: one with a wolf-themed shawl, another with bright yellow designs, and the last with an abstract painting.
Wolf-themed Shawl on a Black Bear
Bear with Bright Yellow Designs
Abstractly Painted Bear
Although on a black background, colorful designs add beauty to the bears at the Bearfootin’ Art Walk in Hendersonville, North Carolina
Painted Flowers on Black Bear
Black Bear with Small Garland
Black Bear with Painted Feet
In downtown Hendersonville, 20 works of bear art are displayed during the Annual Bearfootin’ Art Walk program. Here are some with artsy, colorful designs of flowers and leaves.
Bear with Flowers and Greenery
Bear with Flower Designs
Bear with Leaves and Flower Designs
Flowery Bear
The painted bear that lines up on Hendersonville’s Main Street at the opening presentation of the Bearfootin’ Art Walk and Auction. The bears, each designed and decorated by a different local artist, stand on the street corners of downtown until October, when they’ll go to the highest bidder in a month-long silent auction.
Colorful Bear
Colorful, artistically designed sculptures at the Sculpture Celebration in Lenoir, North Carolina
Artistic Sculptures
In addition to metal sculptures at the Annual Sculpture Celebration in Lenoir, North Carolina, there were also beautifully designed wooden-like pieces.
Artistic Sculpture
Genesis II – by Sam Spiczka
Amidst the rooms of buildings at Teotihuacan, Mexico City, there are stone carvings of vertical art designs
Vertical Stone Design
Vertical Stone Art
A designed, arched gate serves as an entrance to a shopping center around the historic center of Mexico City
Designed Gate
While walking on the streets around the historic center in Mexico City, we saw many artistic, colorful, traditional building fronts
Traditional Home Front