sacred nature stained glass

One of my favorite things to do when I am in Europe is to go see the beautiful stained glass windows that you find everywhere, in every country.  Recently I was inspired to create my own surreal abstract versions of stained glass using nature as the inspiration. In the fall of the year, before dusk, the woods up in the mountains of North Carolina have a stark and dark feel to them with their barren trees silhouetted  against the evening sky.  I love capturing the warm glow of the late afternoon sun as it peeks through the trees.  The red and orange glow and the black tree trunks remind me of stained glass windows.  With a bit of photoshop magic, I rendered the picture into a natural stained glass effect.  For this piece, I combined my stained glass creation with a picture I took at Orval in Belgium.