By
Annie Bailey
Piece description from the artist
I love to watch the Fall leaves resting on the water of the rivers each year. This photograph explores the dance between gravity and fluid motion, isolating a single golden, heart-shaped leaf as it rests delicate atop the surface tension of dark, rippling water. Emerging brightly against a deep, dramatic backdrop, the leaf causes subtle concentric rings to swell around its edges, bending the surrounding light into a quiet visual pulse. The composition serves as a minimalist meditation on grace, impermanence, and stillness—capturing a fleeting autumn moment suspended in gentle balance before the current carries it away.
Annie was born and raised in Montana, growing up on her family's ranch in the beautiful Smith River Valley. Growing up in Montana's wild and beautiful Landscape led to her deep love of nature and all things rural. Annie attended the Art Institute of Colorado and lived in Denver Colorado until the completion of her Interior Design degree in 2002. After working in that field for several years, Annie moved back to Montana and began her own business, focusing on her ever-growing love of photography. She began traveling the backroads and wilderness of Montana and the Rocky Mountain region and selling her photos professionally in galleries, shops, and online. She primarily searches for rural Landscapes, old barns, abandoned farmhouses, and occasionally wildlife she encounters. Her work as been featured in HGTV, Better Homes and Gardens, and featured in three books on emerging artists of the United States. She currently lives in Billings, Montana, and takes several trips during the year to gather new images.
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