Pudgy Dalmations (medium) Artwork - Limited Edition of 250

‘Pudgy Dalmations’ is an art piece that combines flowers photographed by me in Croatia along the Dalmation coast. My objective was to assemble a flower montage where the photographs have a location authenticity. In the art piece, the bodies of two dalmations are highlighted by a texture photographed in the Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia. The flowers are randomly arranged to highlight some of the more unusual visual aspects of Croation flora. The diversity of color and form of the flowers is apparent, with more than 50 different species represented in the art piece. I took all the photographs using an iPhone 12 Pro Max. Using Affinity Photo for editing, I resized each photograph to promote effective image segmentation, segmented each photograph to isolate the portrayed flower, exported the resulting photograph on a transparent background, and then combined each of the roughly 50 photographs in the Iberian Spiral piece. In this case, the time to segment a flower from its surroundings was typically 30 minutes or more. I have chosen to print the art using a substrate of Dibond, which is an aluminum composite material. The process overlays the Dibond with a silver halide print that supports 610 dpi resolution. A satin laminate covers the print for protection, and the entire assembly is placed in a slim white float frame. I have chosen the satin finish to accentuate the visual impact. I have chosen a mid-gloss finish to accentuate the visual impact.