This is my entry for the "Mystery of the Far East" by lucretia-stock and alegion-stock


The stock image had such an emotional quality I wanted my image to portrayed that ...the Geisha's whole stance captured a feeling of release and joy.

I also wanted to incorporate a Haiku feeling; simple with subtle depths. The title is derived from the Haiku I wrote for the image (see below). It is almost too cliche but I couldn't resist

I had a lot of trouble with the hair ... I tried to do a traditional Geisha Wig and then have it look windblown ... not as easy as I thought it would be! The make-up is less traditional than I originally had planned ...just did not work with the emotion in the piece so it is modified and I hope the Traditionalist out there will forgive me.

Last but not least I wrote a Haiku ...please note that the title is not for the Poem but for the image; I don't believe you are suppose to give Haiku a title!

Spring wind moves
Winter clouds
Soon the dragonflies!

The wonderful images that inspired this piece are from

The Geisha: lucretia-stock

The Sea/Land Scape: alegion-stock

The Sky is altered from an image of my own over an extension of the original Alegion image to create a "raincloud" look. The Hairpiece is created from her dress and drawn in PS



Please, absolutely no reproduction, copying or duplication of this image, in part or in whole, without my permission and written consent! My images are not Free Domain!

Thank you to the stock providers for permission to use your stock!