Lichen Tapestries

Split toned effect tall California fan palm trees against blue sky with their long spindly trunks project skyward.

Close up image of granite in Finland

Simply the letter 'D'

Soft green moss balls. Fluffy little cushions of nature.

I had lots of fun creating this whimsical frog painting that celebrates the fall and is just good fun!

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Simply the letter 'A'

Birch Tree trunk detail. Hodge Close, Little Langdale, Cumbria

MURPHY'S HAYSTACKS - Mortana South Australia, interesting inselberg rock formations in the middle of no where.

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When a tree grows near a river all kinds of things can grow on it.

Simply the letter 'W'

This was taken in the sunken garden at Great Dixter

Rain near the Bay of Fires, so called after the red lichen which encrusts much of the coastal rock in that area and indeed along much of the east coast of Tasmania, Australia 3H0802.0621 Nikon D300 | Nikon 18-200VR Featured in Rocks and Stones (13 March 2012) Top 10 in Destination Australia "Coastal rock formations" (10 March 2012)

Close up photo of a tree fungus makes a very interesting pattern!

Spotted on a walk through olive woods

Lichen on a tree bark

Waves crashing onto the beach with the rocky granite outcrop covered in orange lichen at bay of fires, Tasmania

Phu Kradueng National Park Vintage Minimal Travel Poster

Is it an animal or a plant? Or is it something new entirely? Whatever it is, it's growing and floating. Very, very slowly.

A colorful explosion of beautiful wild bergamot! Lichen covered rock is flanked in the wonderful purple colors exhibited in the blossoms of Wild Bergamot.

An old marble carving forgotten in an olive grove

Fallen trees covered in moss in the Enchanted Forest, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia

An earthy deep green pattern of marble-like veins and attractive blob shapes.

Fractal stones

While taking a walk around Blackburn Lake Reserve in Victoria, Australia, I came across this lichen covered rock. In the middle of the lichen was this new shoot. No idea what the plant is - but new life is always welcome!

Rocky landscape and cave arch formed by water erosion, located downstream near Texas Falls from Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont, USA. Fictional title inspired by the arch formation reminding me of a giant mouth ready to gobble up all the surrounding rocks :-D

Organic plant fashion; a dress made of hydrangea and lichen, funny fantasy plant fashion illustration

A bountiful array of woodland mushrooms arranged on a dark blue background.

Rock Moss

A watercolour painting of a Common Tern with lichen and an old rusty mooring ring fixed in the rocks.

Woods near Laxford Bridge, Sutherland

Forest Illusions- Eternal Dance is a combination of long exposure and planned camera movement capturing lichen, moss, stone and water in a swirling dance of eternity. Adding just a tinge of special affects. Often what we fail to see is the beauty right at our feet. Take a moment from your day and rediscover what was once lost.

Binalong Bay beach viewed through the granite boulders covered in orange lichen

Arctic Fox with Lichen garland. Winter Fox theme.

The sun peeks over the horizon and the Tasman Sea, as seen from Bicheno on Tasmania's east coast. The rocks in the foreground are orange from the lichen that occurs all along the east coast.