Red Maple was taken on Thimbleberry Farm (our farm in Northern Virginia) in October 2022. Red Maple is one of the works in a series that I am working on, which attempts to incorporate elements of the famous landscape watercolor artist James Turner into my photographs.

Turner is known for his expressive colouring & imaginative, sometimes turbulent landscapes. To that end, photographs in this series focus on areas of vividly contrasting colors instead of photorealistic depictions of the subject. In Red Maple, the red maple tree is the focus, & it contrasts with the luminous gold & green light behind it.