I made The Tangled Garden Series as a reminder of the black and white illustrations in the children’s and botanical books of my childhood, and in some Japanese prints.
Apart from the fact that I love plants and many animals, what especially interests me is their patterns, which are brought out better in black and white, patterns such as the Branching Pattern of leaf veins and branching of tree-branches
These are not straight B/W photos, but were originally coloured ones, which I have worked on “by hand” so to speak, not just using pre-made filters, to produce the effect which I wanted. Time-consuming!
You can see more about this by clicking Art Methods here or in the top heading and scroll down to the robin , near the end.