Pink Water Lily at Sara P Duke Garden Canvas Print

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This lovely water lily was one of many on this pond. Sara P Duke Gardens sits on the Duke Campus in Durham North Carolina. I believe this is a Mayla Water Lily. This public garden originated in the early 1930s, when a modest flower garden was planted in a ravine at the edge of Duke University’s West Campus. In 1937 a donation from Mary Duke Biddle (in memory of her mother, benefactor Sarah P. Duke) helped transform the site into a 55-acre designed landscape containing a nearly twelve-acre Terrace Garden by landscape architect Ellen Shipman.

I love to tell stories. About twenty years ago I had my first freelance travel article accepted by a magazine. Much to my surprise, the magazine expected photos along with words. I had not taken any during the preliminary work for my article. I drove back to the site and took the photos for the article with my little Olympus digital camera. The article was published with those very amateur photos. In time, I bought an Olympus OMD-EM5, a great camera for nature and travel photographers and discovered that I enjoyed telling stories with pictures more than I did with words. The last twenty year have been an incredibly exciting time as resources for photographers have exploded. I have been lucky enough to have some great teachers along the way...