Wilde Paddestoelen - for Dirk (urchin1996) by Rykk
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Background and composition with Ultrafractal 3.02 - Foreground flame fractals and spiral made with Apophysis2 betas 17,19 and 20 - sig and jpeg conversion by PSP7
I reckon anyone who knows me knows I'm NUTZ about catching shrimp from my boat and from the bridges in the area of Florida where I live. I got a package in the mail a few days ago from Dirk Monteny(urchin1996), who lives in Belgium. In the package was a wonderfully carved wooden statue of a shrimp fisherman on horseback that was carved by Dirk's dad's best friend way back in the 1960's! In Belgium, the shrimpers of Oostduinkerke catch shrimp from horseback in the Atlantic surf by towing a net behind them and they put the shrimp into woven satchels. COOL! The carving looks just like the shrimp fisherman pictured in a link Dirk sent me and its something I will keep forever so I thought I'd dedicate this image to him as a small token of appreciation. The "mushrooms" in the flame spiral remind me of the wild mushrooms my Oma used to gather in the woods of southwest Germany to make mushroom soup when I was a kid -yum!
Thanks, Dirk, for such a thoughtful gesture of friendship - you're a real class act, man! And, as ever, thanks for stopping by! :>)
Comments (79)
yummy ... eekhoorntjesbrood smile wonderful gesture by the both of you ...
A beautiful image and wonderful gesture.
This is a wonderful image and a wonderful story!!
Very nice fractal, and a wonderful token of appreciation!!
It is like a fantastic scene from the forest! I love the shapes and textures so!
Very cool piece of fractal art Rick. I am pretty sure Dirk sal love it very much. Congrats :-)
Marvelous and beautiful image and gift for Dirk. Now, where is a photo of the carving? I sure would like to see it. You make me hungry talking about shrimp and mushrooms. Favorites of mine.
How very sweet, Dirk is wonderful, and of course you are too Rick!LOL I love shrimp, and right now I could use some(hunger pains)!! Wonderful image, love the designs and creativity, excellent work!v
an excellent picture and great way of showing apreciation. The mushrooms you are talking about were called "champions" my mom used to make all kind of delicious dishes from. By the way I did not know you spoke Dutch...smile...
I just love what you have created, very well done!
Allways so awesome my friend!!! V
Very interesting! Wonderful design as well ! I loved that part of the world,( Although I was only in the Netherlands) it is so beautiful :D Awesome work !!!!!
Hey Rick, your shrooms are freakin cool as well ! The misty background is perfect and shows up these organic , natural shapes to their best possible effect . Really great work V
This is a great combination for a wonderful and incredible masterpiece my friend...!! Splendid tribute to a incredible artist as Dirk....!! Vote
excellent fractal! outstanding artwork!
*V oh wow Rick this is not only a beautiful piece of art work but the tribute to Dirk is certainly warranted I must say you two have got to be two of the greatest guys I know . Outstanding art work. Bravo
OK, great, seems like i'm coming to my party when all the guests have already left... LOL... Story of my life ;-) Had very busy days at the animalshelter (lots of tourists now, who are losing their dogs on the beach, trying to catch seagulls, the dogs that is), so i was a few days behind. But this is a VERY nice surprise and gift, Rick!! (Although, with going public with this you made me officialy blush ...grin...) Love the glorious composition with it's uplifting movement and relaxing colours. Those mushrooms look so convincing. Must have been some yummy soup at the time!! Have a great sunday, Rick, and thanks for this wonderful present!!! Oh, and V ;-)
Well, I guess all that's left is for me to V. (hauls out the broom to clean up after the party, LOL)
Hermoso HERMOSO beautifullDraw !! mUY BIEN BRAVO POR TI!!! GReetings ROSA!!!
this is an amazing image - and the previous comments reinforce that - well done - and post loads more please!!!
beautiful and stunning!! a delightful dedication!! love the colors!!
Wonderful work, Rykk, and what a cool tribute!
What an awesome, organic fractal-scape. Such cool little shroom-plants and curvy branches. The background gives this image such depth.
Rick, what a delightful composition! Absolute unique and shrimpy lovely!!!
Agree with all!!Fantastic!!
Breathtaking!! Gorgeous work!
I can almost see the lovely little forest creatures dancing around in here. This is a wonderful work of art, and a great dedi to another wonderful artist. Thumbs UP, Rick.
Awesome composition and amazing design, outstanding mushrooms!
What a beatiful image! What I can more say than others!!! That I think that there are only a few really special fractal artist, and you're one of them!!! Your images are magic!
Absolutely stunning! and what a beautiful gift for Dirk! PERFECTION Rick!..Congratulations!! v :)