I used the petal of an orange rose, the color of a setting sun. I had taken some beautiful photos of roses, and just loved the colors of it. I decided to play around with textures, effects, elements, and manipulations of ust a petal until I created this 3-D fantasy design. It seemed to be waves of hot bursts of a sun, with the lightning streaking energy soaring out through space. I do know there are not such things, and that solar flares are not so fast to observe as our earthly lightning is. I've always been fascinated with solar flares and lightning, and how fast light travels across both space and sky. A summer fantasy dream of mine, a typical example of what happens when a color and idea catches my daydreaming eyes. I love that my art can help my daydreams come into being. A lovely summer memory to savor on a future bleak winter day.