Bamboo is deeply woven into India's cultural, economic, and environmental fabric. Traditionally, bamboo has played a role in everything from construction and toolmaking to artistic expression. 

I minted this image for the #9nights event, celebrating the 9 days of festivities called Navaratri or Navratri (nine nights). Night 2 is for the color green or the theme of serenity.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

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“And into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul.” - John Muir
 
Artist: Mary Ann Artz

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Opulent Forest

An ethereal, fantastical clematis flower lit from within and surrounded by wisps of smoke

This image was minted for the #200tez event in December 2024.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Purple Fantasia

Beautiful sunlit bluebonnets, rendered in Midjourney

I minted this image for the #9nights event, celebrating the 9 days of festivities called Navaratri or Navratri (nine nights). Night 9 is for the color purple or the theme of grandeur.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Sunlit Bluebonnets

The lotus is the national flower of India, symbolizing purity, beauty, wealth, and divinity. 

I minted this image for the #9nights event, celebrating the 9 days of festivities called Navaratri or Navratri (nine nights). Night 5 is for the color white or the theme of innocence.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Lotus

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In some ancient cultures, tiger lilies were considered sacred and were believed to hold spiritual significance. The bright orange color of the petals is an embodiment of the life energy and is thought to represent creativity and passion. Tiger lilies were often used in rituals as an offering to invoke healing, protection, and good fortune.

I minted this image for the #9nights event, celebrating the 9 days of festivities called Navaratri or Navratri (nine nights). Night 4 is for the color orange or the theme of exuberance.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Tiger Lily

“It’s about focusing on the fight and not the fright.” – Robin Roberts

As a Stage 2 breast cancer survivor, breast cancer research is a cause that is close to my heart. All primary sale proceeds during October 2024 will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (brcf.org).

Artist: Mary Ann Artz (Artzy Dreams)

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Sunlit Tulips

In many parts of the world, the neem tree, which is native to India, is referred to as the miracle tree or the "Tree of Life" because almost every aspect of it—leaves, flowers, fruits, bark, seed, and twigs—has medicinal value.

I minted this image for the #9nights event, celebrating the 9 days of festivities called Navaratri or Navratri (nine nights). Night 2 is for the color green or the theme of serenity.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Tree of Life

"Choose to be optimistic, it feels better." - Dalai Lama

Daffodils are my mother's favorite flower. In India, they are called Nargis.

I minted this image for the #9nights event, celebrating the 9 days of festivities called Navaratri or Navratri (nine nights). Night 1 is for the color yellow or the theme of optimism.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Nargis

“A flower can be defined by its unique beauty and an incredible allure.” – Happiness Shuma

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

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Gilded Allure

Comes with a bonus gift of two blue balls

Minted for #TezPerfume

Cobalt Cojones

“Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” ― Inuit Proverb

This is an AI self-portrait created in honor of my father, who passed away on December 11, 2022, and my firstborn daughter, Camryn, who was stillborn at 40.5 weeks of pregnancy and would have been 21 this year. Her birthday and my dad's are two days apart: September 14 and 16. Not a day goes by that I don't think about both of them with love and longing.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

Location: USA

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Perhaps

It doesn't snow very often in Georgia (USA), where I live. This shot was taken in my neighborhood during an unexpected snowfall. It was beautiful and serene while it lasted!

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

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Winter

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." — Desmond Tutu

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

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Light at Sunrise

“In joy and in sadness, flowers are our constant friends.” – Unknown

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

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Gilded Lily

“A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions — so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in size yet big in beauty, so short in life yet long on effect.” – Terri Guillemets

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Tulip on White

“The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it’s here is up to us. Journey wisely.” — Alexandra Elle

I took this photo at sunrise at a beautiful bay in Freeport, Florida, during a mother-daughter beach trip. This is the view just across the street from my sister's house. Lucky her!

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

Year Taken: 2022

Location: USA

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Journey Wisely

"We have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean." — John F. Kennedy

I minted this image for the #9nights Tezos event, celebrating the 9 days of festivities called Navaratri or Navratri (nine nights). Night 9 is for the color peacock green or the theme of power.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

"Flowers are like friends; they bring color to your world." - Unknown

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Fancy Flanders Poppy Up Close

“Then we had the irises, rising beautiful and cool on their tall stalks, like blown glass, like pastel water momentarily frozen in a splash, light blue, light mauve, and the darker ones, velvet and purple, black cat's ears in the sun, indigo shadow, and the bleeding hearts, so female in shape it was a surprise they'd not long since been rooted out. There is something subversive about this garden of Serena's, a sense of buried things bursting upwards, wordlessly, into the light, as if to point, to say: Whatever is silenced will clamor to be heard, though silently.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

I minted this image for the #9nights Tezos event, celebrating the 9 days of festivities called Navaratri or Navratri (nine nights). Night 8 is for the color purple or the theme of imagination.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Imagination

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable." - Joseph Addison

I couldn't help but smile as I was photographing these lovely cosmos flowers on a beautiful September morning at my favorite garden.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

Year Taken: 2023

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Cheerful

Two turtles bask in the sun in the little lake at my mother's retirement community in Charlotte, North Carolina.

I minted this image for the #9nights Tezos event, celebrating the 9 days of festivities called Navaratri or Navratri (nine nights). Night 7 is for the color gray or the theme of neutrality.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Sunbathers

This rascally gray squirrel was caught in the act of stealing sunflower seeds from a birdfeeder in my yard.

I minted this image for the #9nights Tezos event, celebrating the 9 days of festivities called Navaratri or Navratri (nine nights). Night 7 is for the color gray or the theme of neutrality.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Caught Gray Handed

I minted this image for the #9nights Tezos event, celebrating the 9 days of festivities called Navaratri or Navratri (nine nights). Night 6 is for the color green or the theme of growth.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

Green Garden

“Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.” – Luther Burbank

I minted this image for the #9nights Tezos event, celebrating the 9 days of festivities called Navaratri or Navratri (nine nights). Night 5 is for the color yellow or the theme of knowledge.

Artist: Mary Ann Artz

License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. No rights are included for commercial use including merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. Full copyright remains with creator Mary Ann Artz.

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