Southern Magnolia and Hummingbird
by Spadecaller
Title
Southern Magnolia and Hummingbird
Artist
Spadecaller
Medium
Digital Art - Digital & Photographic Art
Description
Magnolia grandiflora, commonly known as the Southern Magnolia or Bull Bay is a tree that is native to the southeastern United States, from Virginia to central Florida, and west to East Texas. In Chinese art, the magnolia is traditionally used as a symbol of feminine sweetness and beauty. Author, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, published a memoir in 1942 called Cross Creek, in which she expressed her love for the huge Bull Bay magnolias and her pained feelings when their leaves were illegally stripped for the making of funeral wreathes. Of their giant flowers she wrote, ‘The perfume is a delirious thing on the spring air…. their red seed cones are as fine as candles. They mature slowly from the top of the tree down, as a Christmas tree is lighted.’ Popularized by the 1989 movie, "Steel Magnolias," in which six Southern women surmount many hardships. The term refers to the graceful, yet strong nature women have.
“Southern Magnolia and Hummingbird,” is a hand-painted digital image and photo composite created in Spadecaller’s Florida Studio on 4/12/2022.
This image and all images created by Spadecaller (Matthew Schwartz) are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, downloaded, distributed, transmitted, copied, reproduced in derivative works, displayed, published, or broadcast by any means or in any form without prior written consent from the artist.
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April 12th, 2022
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