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Title of piece: Water Fairy

What inspired this piece?

My oldest daughter has always been drawn to the water. She loves imaginative play and would often spend hours pretending to be a mermaid anytime she was in the bathtub, a swimming pool, or at her grandparents’ lake house. At the time I created this photo, I wanted to freeze my memory of her childhood and encompass all things she was loving at that time as a seven-year-old: swimming, fairies, princesses, and mermaids.

What is your preferred medium?

Digital Photography

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To submit your entry, send art as an e-mail attachment to ambouthot@the-papers.com or send a production-ready image on a CD via mail to: glo Magazine, Attention: Amber Bouthot, PO Box 188, Milford, IN 46542.

The Nitty Gritty: glo front covers are open to female artists. Submissions from all original 2D media (digital art photographs are OK) are welcome.

cover artist: Heather Bienz

Hometown: Gas City, IN

Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN www.heatherbienzphotography.com and on Facebook and Instagram @heather_bienz_photography. a

Where do you draw inspiration for your artwork in general?

All my inspiration comes from my children. Their favorite colors, seasons, activities, holidays, songs, books, and/or movies. Whatever they are excited about at the time is usually what inspires the art pieces we create together. My kids love getting involved in the process and using their imaginations to come up with concepts for the magical pieces we create.

When did you begin creating art?

I’ve always loved photography and scrapbooking even as a kid, but my husband bought me my first DSLR camera almost 9 years ago after we had our first baby. I’m a stay-at-home mom, so I originally just wanted to learn how to take and edit better photos of my children. But once I began learning Photoshop, it opened a whole new world for me. Throughout the years, my digital photos have evolved into composite artwork of my children in storybook or magical scenes created in Photoshop.

What advice do you have for other artists just starting out?

Create what makes you happy and do it as often as you can. The more you practice, the more your art will evolve and the more you will learn about yourself as an artist. Don’t let anyone’s opinion of your work stop you from creating what you love. Not everyone will understand your artwork and that’s okay.

Where can we find your work?

Artwork must be photographed at a high-resolution (300+ dpi) for reproduction.

Cover art selections are made at the discretion of glo staff. For cover placement, the artist will receive credit and added exposure via introductory copy and published photograph in a question and answer section.

Cover art is cropped approximately to 10” wide x 13” high. Submitted cover art should be sized as 10.5” wide x 13.25” tall and, when possible, please allow 4.5” at top of artwork for glo masthead placement. The art chosen will confer rights to the cover image only as it relates to the publication and glo. The artist shall retain all other rights.

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