A bright morning arrives fresh and new
Pine trees lean toward the first kiss of light
We walk together among the trees
as the sun climbs into a warm spring day

As we wandered through a beautiful dark spruce forest in southeastern Sweden on the edge of the Baltic Sea early in the morning on a cold winter day, the dark trunks of the spruces were suddenly kissed by the rising sun.

Fascinating, to walk around in a forest that ends at a sea....
A greater contrast could hardly be imagined for me: from the dark of an ancient forest to the light of the rising sun over a vast sea....

Do you recognize that magical feeling of great contrasts in nature?

'First Kiss Of Light' is an artwork in my collection ‘Secret Places'.

General info on this artwork

This artwork is a digital transformation of a photograph. Printed on order with high-quality ink on museum-quality, acid-free cotton/rag paper (Hahnemühle Photo Rag® 308gsm). The work comes in a limited edition of 10, signed and with a certificate of authenticity. But of course, it is also available as Open Edition print, without signature and not numbered. Available in any size you desire !

Maximum size is 150Hx150W cm / 60Hx60W inches, any size available up to that maximum. So please let me know the size you would prefer.

I start with one or more photographs made by myself to create these artworks. Then I use digital painting, color adjusting and adding and transforming multiple artistic textures and effects. I do this until there is a surreal atmosphere that touches me and tells the story I want to tell you.

Prints of First Kiss Of Light are available, ask for a quote or contact me through a message. Prints are also available in my Saatchi Art portfolio at the the artwork page and here. And of course, as always available in any size you desire !

ALL WE NEED IS LESS CONSUMING

Through my artworks I ask you to reflect for a moment on the nature around you, on the beautiful feeling that nature can evoke. Thus to think about your actions to support the wellbeing of the earth and everything that lives on it. And on what humanity loses when many of us continue on the destructive path of ever more greed and consuming. And please, reflect on how you can survive in this rapidly changing world…

So do you want to know your ecological footprint? 

Then visit this website: https://www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en 

And do you want to reduce your ecological footprint?

Then ask me, I will help you. For free. Or simply visit my website and choose in the menu for Your Footprint.

And if you appreciate my writings and art and want to support me, you can buy me a piece of fruit here: https://ko-fi.com/jacobberghoef, thank you 🍏 !

Interested in more? Then read what I wrote about System Change, Man's impact on the earth, Organic Change, Regenerative Agriculture, Regeneration