Endless Sunflowers
by Catherine Sherman
Title
Endless Sunflowers
Artist
Catherine Sherman
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"Endless Sunflowers" by Catherine Sherman.
Sunflowers bloom in a Kansas farm field near the city of Lawrence in Douglas County. A million sunflowers bloom in all of the fields of Grinter Farms.
The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant native to the Americas, but it now grown around the world. The sunflower is the state flower of Kansas.
Sunflowers were domesticated around 1000 B.C. Francisco Pizarro found the Incan people venerating the sunflower as an image of their sun god. Gold images of the flower, as well as seeds, were taken back to Europe early in the 16th century. The plant has a rough, hairy stem and large coarsely toothed, rough leaves, and circular flower heads. The heads consist of many individual flowers which mature into seeds, often in the hundreds, on a receptacle base. All parts of the sunflower are useful as either food or fiber.
Tied for Second Place votes in "ABC Group - P Is For Plant" Contest 06/17/2018
Featured in "Midwest America Photography" group (09/07/2015); "Landscape and Landmark Photography" group (09/08/2015); "Waiting Room Art" group (09/10/2015); "Flower Mania" group (09/10/2015); "Photography Beauty of the USA 1 a Day" group (09/10/2015); "The Artistic Photographer" group (09/13/2015); "All Art Welcome" group (09/22/2015); "500 views - 1 Image a day" group (10/02/2015); "500 Views Share Group" (10/09/2015); "10 Plus" group (08/14/2016); "ABC Group's P IS FOR PLANT" (06/23/2018); "1,000 Views 1 Per Day" group (09/21/2020); "Weekly Photography Challenge" group (02/14/2021); "VISIONS OF SPRING - GLANCES OF SUMMER" group (09/06/2023)
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Comments (30)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's P IS FOR PLANT themed week. You are invited to add this to the features archive discussions and in another discussion in ABC Group!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations, Catherine, on your second place win in ABC GROUP'S weekly contest P IS FOR PLANT. Your fabulous art will be proudly displayed on the home page of the ABC GROUP. You are invited to add your work to the Feature Archive Thread in the ABC GROUP discussions.
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #4 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist. http://fineartamerica.com/groups/1000-views-on-1-image.html?showmessage=true&messageid=3172747
Mariola Bitner
Congratulations on your outstanding artwork! It has been chosen to be FEATURED in the group “500 VIEWS.”
M E Cieplinski
I've seen fields like this in South Dakota. You've done a splendid job of capturing the enormity of a sunflower field. Beautiful!
Steve Gass
Great image Catherine. I am envious.
Catherine Sherman replied:
Thank you, Steve! I'm lucky to live so close to this farm, which welcomes photographers.
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Judy Vincent
This image is being featured in the “Landscape and Landmark Photography” group – one of the most active groups on Fine Art America featuring the best landscape photographers in the world! Congratulations on your excellent work!
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