FORMAT

"I fill my office with these and give many away as gifts. The size and presentation is efficient and
almost begs one to fill a noble wall from floor to ceiling, weaving one artist and one style among others."

signed, numbered, limited edition to 999 pieces

$165.00

"the modern "print to canvas" technology is a wonderful invention. The digital artist can now produce a work with similar
presentation values as a slowly brushed work. I'm delighted at the strength, depth, and refined texture of
these images. These canvases bring all the colors and force I intended to full execution. Just a few
decades ago prints of this quality and durability would be impossible." LCH

signed, numbered, limited edition to 499 pieces

$235.00

"this is the finest, most ornate presentation of my works and one suitable for the finest private collections"

signed, numbered, limited edition to 499 pieces

$385.00

"I will always offer small prints so a serious collector can acquire numerous works in a short
time for a reasonable price and then present them to their own tastes."

unframed small prints are not signed and are not limited editions.

$65.00

FAQ

There's a lot of cheap art out there. How can I be sure this is quality art? We use only the finest print and framing contractors. We've already excluded several who did not meet our standards after submitting test work. All images are printed on high quality canvas or premium papers like Kodak or Fuji. We never ship drugstore or Mart-store type prints or lithos from bargain, internet printers. Frames too are very high quality are are offered in more than one price range. If you want the very finest in museum quality, gold framing select Format C. Those works are custom-framed, one at a one, in a style that retail for about $200.00 each.

Can items be returned or replaced? Yes, but we only replace images damaged in shipping. You must contact the shipping firm immediately and follow all their instructions for filing a damaged goods claim. We cannot be responsable for undocumented damages and claims not meeting the terms of the carriers. If you wait more than 24 hours your claim could be denied. Regrettably, there is a big industry in ordering, scanning, pirating, and returning high quality art images for profit. Therefore we cannot accept general returns. If you have any complaints about the quality of printing, framing, or other production issues contact the the artist's office. Our goal is to please as many people as possible and we'll do our best to resolve any real problems that occur.

Are the images sold exactly as displayed here? the images here are derived (reduced) from the very large 2-10 MB master files that are used to print or transfer the final product. The colors will be faithful. Textures and details will be more rich and intense in nearly all cases. Because the dimensions of works vary, some images will be cropped differently, giving different amounts of border space. Most works are custom-cropped by the artist to suit the size of work offered.

Do you support any charities from this work: the artist donates regularly donates works to gardens where his images originated. Many proceeds are used to support the New Ornamentals Society, an organization designed to promote new, superior, environmentally responsable plants that Mr. Hatch founded in 1996.

How can I find Mr. Hatch's newest works? check this page periodically and click the newest works link here or at the top of this page.

May I download or copy the images on this page or website? No. All the images on this site are copyright secured and are not to be copied or used elsewhere under any circumstances. You are welcome to bookmark this page for quick and easy viewing anytime you want to enjoy the art.

Does Mr. Hatch do custom or commissioned work? Yes. All new, original works must be scheduled well in advance (8-12 months) as the creative process should never be rushed. Custom-requested variations on existing works are usually available in 90-120 days depending on the artist's travel schedule. We can custom-color some works to match particular interiors and backgrounds; which is one of the wonderful things about digital print art. Please email the artist's office with your ideas and project details.

Why are some works offered in different color variants: Periodically this site will offer very rare, limited edition color variants of important works. These will be available in quantities ranging from 1 to 50 and will be hand-signed with special presentation graphics and a certificate of authenticity.

1) Complete the Order Form in full.

2) Mail completed form(s) to

Laurence Hatch
PO Box 12011
Raleigh NC 27605 USA

3) If you have any questions contact the artist's office at ornamentals@lycos.com

"This work is a richly colored version of a Lagerstroemia faurei at the JC Raulston Arboretum's Zen Garden. Hence Lager + Zen. The beautitful contrast of the exfoliating bark and light, bright foliage is as pretty in real life as here." LCH

"This frosted image is based on the amazing new conservatory at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia. " LCH

"This work is devoted or alloted to a pretty Alocasia x amazonica, one of the best look plants with white veins. " LCH

"This is a true favorite of mine. This is the perfect combination of a fresco filter with some tecniques which block off the pinnae (fern divisions) as if shimmering diamonds. A large print emphasizes all the glistening details. " LCH

"Actually these are False Larix or Pseudolarix cones from a cousin of the true larch. Their informal position, color, and contrast with the orange pine needles just caught my eye. This is a nature at it's most simple, ground level beauty." LCH

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

"This image is reverse of a row of Arizona cypress and a couple of oaks trees at the well known forestryt college. The nice contrast of the trees only shows in the larger sized images where sharpness is key to enjoyed the work. " LCH

"This is very simply a pixel mutation of a very bright decidous holly. I like the way the leaves and berries assume novel 3-D shapes with lots of dark shadows. It's too fuzzy for some folk's taste I'll admit. Hang one around awhile and will likely grow on you. " LCH

"This was the first work I released in the RED GRASS SERIES. The idea is to capture the elegant, informality of grass flowers and foliage, contrasting them with other textures and other plants. " LCH

(original light green version)

"People often ask what this means. Through a particular technique I separated the daisies from their stems and foliage. They look as if exploding upward and outward into space, separated from the earth." LCH

"From a green and white variegated tropical ginger comes this blue and white version. One must be brave but this unearthly combination gives satisfaction for years to come. But is anti-nature but a good nature, improvement so calculated it never offends, more parody than anything else." LCH

2003: tan-orange version only
2004-present: golden version only

"This is a Mahonia bealei hybrid given a rich texture and sharply defined black background. I originally did a pale orange-tan version but found it was too bland. The gold version sold today remains very popular." LCH

"The rich colors and textures of Agaves are one of the finest subjects for a photographer or other artist. This one had some cutout and raised surface filters imposed on it . It's especially fine in a larger version. " LCH

"This was just an ordinary green vine with some bicolor gradients put on it until it glowed just right. When one tints nature one had better be very careful. Most of the time one is dealing with forms and colors already quite optimal. Only a few out of a hundred displays is bearable and scarcely one of three hundred gets saved to my harddrive. I try to offer the best. The bar is higher each day." LCH

"This is brighter version of an ordinary blue atlas cedar. " LCH

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

"I photography many varieties of Coleus in my role as editor for the New Plant Page. The Replace Color functions of Photoshop or other programs is just too tempting to avoid. This fun piece has a some fans and I still offer it for that reason.." LCH

"This blue Euphorbia is a simple expression of whorled foliage, rich colors (very close to the natural), and realistic background." LCH

"This is from the amazing foliage of a Castor Bean giving a icy (Castor + Ice) sheen and a few other filters. It's a very quiet, subtle piece and has lots of class on the right wall.." LCH

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

"This work is my first truly impressionist piece I believe. One can argue about some of the others but this fits the traditional definitions anyhow. It's from a tree trunk that was colorized with an exciting but subtle blend of amber, green,and lavender, and gray shades. It has a frosted look and only shows well in larger prints. " LCH

FORMAT: C only. No small prints or canvas available.

"This is one of my favorite works and I think the first really abstract one I ever sold. People seem to like large versions for their living rooms or office spaces. The name always requires an explanation. It started out as a photo of four red-bracted Kousa or Chinese dogwoods. They were processed about 20 ways to get this lovely, altered look. If you squint a bit you can almost see the original flowers as they appeared in the original garden." LCH

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

"Extrusions are simple with Photoshop and similar programs. They are seldom done well. This flower from Calycanthus has nice pastel colors. It was just a matter of experimenting with extrusion lengths, patterns, and other variables to get the right effect. This is just one of about 300 I tried and disgarded." LCH

"This whimsical thing is just a photo of a very old spurge with some of that crazy Photoshop twirling done to various growing points. I had no intensions of selling it until I was implored to do so." LCH

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

"This started out, I kid you not, as a bright golden Witchazel. A few dozen filtersd and experiments later, this red and gold version looked just right and almost Asian in style. I've tried to reproduce this look a few times since and had no luck. I consider this one a gift and I hope some of you agree." LCH

"This is a stylized version of the very real place, a stunning old garden called Maymont in Richmond, Virginia. There are a thousand good paintings and photographs available there any time of the year. I particuarly liked this century old cedar against the blue sky with the Three Graces watching over the broad, green lawns." LCH

"This early 2002 piece is just a simple color replacement of blue spruce needles for lavender ones. It should have been simply. Turns out that the blue spruce has about 30 different shades of powder blue, green, grey, and dark blue in i's stratified limbs. One had to do a color replace on all 30 of those shades, chosing the same rough brightness while not making the background too purple also. It's not a piece for everyone but us conifer nuts tend to think it funny.." LCH

"What can I say. The original photo of this Coleus was art on it's own but in green, red, and a bit of yellow. The variety is called 'Tilt A Whirl' and you can buy the pretty thing from internet garden shops. I figured a tilt on a tilt cancelled out and just left the whirl. I wanted something more anemone-like and unworldly so this is what came from several color replacement operations. It's been one of my most recognizable works and is often requested. I can't say it's universally loved and admired but it stands out and is forever something I'll be known for. " LCH

"This was a nutty idea. A perfectly good photo of the hop-like fruit of Carpinus japonica at the Dawes Arboretum was too tempting to keep unscatched by the digital magic. They'll a very pale greenish-cream in real life and so the extra red and green makes it a very new and unreal tree. They are not cones at all but since the color is not real I'll call it something just as botanically incorrect.." LCH

"This is the first in the COLOR CHIP series I hope to offer over the next decade or so. Number 47 is the first I thought good enough to save or offer. The leaves are cut out and given a raised, 3-D texture. Color are picked and altered until a final version is selected. The original plant I believe was the succulent Orostachys. " LCH

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

"I was delighted one day to see huge red fleshy cones on a very old Plum Yew at the Coker Arboretum in Chapel Hill, NC. It was pretty enough as a photo but I decided to do a color reduction (color center fades to b./w margind) for artist effect and offer it from this website. " LCH

"I was at the Cape Fear Botanical Garden [Fayetteville, NC] one day and this little island of young bald cypress, weeds, and cannas just got my eye. The big loblolly pine forest behind framed it well. I went through about 50 color, brightness, and contrast versions of it until this one stood out. " LCH

"This one came from a lovely statuesque Loblolly Pine standing proud at Pullen Park in Raleigh, North Carolina. I'd just done the Red Sky Oak and decided to play around with some sky colors on a dozen of my most recent tree silhouettes. This one made the cut and was given a couple of trick textures. " LCH

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

"This bizarre thing was an accident/blessing. It was a branch of Okame cherries tinted with gradint routines and oversharpened with silvery lines. It's not really ideal as a stand-alone work (though some adore this way) but probably be nicer as a large tapestry or fabric print. " LCH

"This is a simple pink cosmos flower with square-style frosting and alternation of the background to focus on just the one flower. It has a galaxy-like quality and that is surely appropriate for a flower of this name." LCH

2005: darker lake version only

"This is an young, ordinary cutleaf Japanese maple turns from red to gold and extending out onto a purple and green lake. Very strange but it looks decent to me. The 2005 version has a darker lake for even better show of the gold foliage. " LCH

"I've always love the interplay of different lavender, lilac, and purple colors in the garden. These intermixing of three Verbena cultivars did the trick and with a little Photoshop "boosting" came to full effect. This is my third version with more brightness and contrast than the 2003 release." LCH

"The name says it all I suppose. But that's never stopped me from rambling on. I just loved whatever force turned this leaf two very different shades of green. Deposited as it was on a light sand background, it begged my camera for a couple of megabytes of microdrive space. I didn't take much to present it for art. Colors were boosted slightly and a 3-D texture added. It does little for some people. Others find it appealing. Step on it or snap it. You decide." LCH

"This is a very simple frosted yellow cosmos and not a very elaborate or strange piece. Some art is best kept very simple. This is one nice choice of that order." LCH

2004: this narrow dimension version.
2005: wider dimension version only.

"This arboretum was anything but lost in real life - with hundreds of thousands of visitors a year (Biltmore Estate). It just seemed like a mysterious space and when digitially fogged over it suggesed this name. The central tree is an old bald cypress with underplantings of rare conifers and azaleas." LCH

"Variegated plants appeal to almost everyone - at least the brightly marginated ones. I'm doing a series of MARGINATA images and this is the first, a rare Brugmansia. The gray, green, white, and cream tones of the chimera (white, chlorophyll free tissue) has been exagerrated for best effect. It looks good on a wall." LCH

"As you can see I love doing odd things with ferns. Their complex fronds and pinnae (divisions) are well suited to art of all types and are both regular and irregular at once. This one was given a reflective, plastic look and a deliberately bright, unnatural color. I offer lots of very natural-looking ferns and wanted to do something pretty and shocking in this family. There will be limited color versions o fit in coming years - red, lime, gold, and orange are planned. " LCH

(original light blue version)

"This is a same fine conservatory as A DAY AT THE GARDENS (Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) but from a view over the rich, perfectly maintained gardens out front." LCH
 

"If I had to pick one work that convinced me I could actually do something worthwhile it was this one. The colors, textures, and contrasts came out just right after a few dozen versions were compared side by side. It is bluer than a true papyrus and the rock is more contrasty than at the space at the JC Raulston Arboretum. One can praise the informal verticality and the contrast of geology to vibrant, livng plant and all sort of nonsense along that line. Others tell me the tight, defined stems terminating in such loose, fireworks like heads takes the eye and brain from rigidity to informality in just the right ways - somehow that is supposed to charm the eye. Maybe. Who knows. It just works for me and fortunately a few other folks. " LCH

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

"The North Carolina Botanical Garden has a bunch of large planter ponds and one day I took about a hundred shots of the leaf patterns. This one stood out and was given a more contrasting, colorful presentation with the orange tones brought to the balance of the green ones. A hundred artists better than I have done waterlilies and ponds but this is my best contribution to date." LCH

"A colorful piece in the RED GRASS SERIES and once again the product of many dozen failed experiments. I'm not sure it is best in the series but is perhaps the most colorful and suggests a stained glass of stained grass. If it sells it stays here and if not, it's back to archives." LCH

"I've been told this is my most imaginative, unique image to date. I would not dispute that really except I've come too used to seeing it to be objective anymore. It was done with 10 or 11 Photoshop filters, the most of important of which is called tiling. I'd practiced on images with a set of alternating techniques I call "retiling" or offsetting the tiles in a strange sequence. This picture is only retiled image I think has just the right combination of colors." LCH

"For being untitled it still belongs to the PAPYRUS SERIES. This one has the usual green shades transformed to contrasting yellow and red with only a bit lime kept for interest. I struggled over these colors for hours. Love it or not it works on a big wall. The current version has a darker black background than shown here - making the colors pop a bit more." LCH

"Like any Photoshoper, one is endlessly tempted by the number of image-bending filters. Some of them seem almost unusable to me. It's something that has certainly been overused if you look at internet art sites. A third grader to do work as fine as some of that twisted stuff. I've been very spare in releasing bended images and this is one of the few I really like. " LCH

"I'm getting known (infamous perhaps) for doing unnatural colors with our beloved native flora and present garden plants. I try to use some restraint and as much good taste as I can find or muster. This set of pink and purple tints against the space-like black water seems just right to my eye. It's very good on a wall in a larger dimension." LCH

"The plant is Nymphaea so my choice of title was not entirely brilliant. This one has five filters on it giving it a slightly less real look, each effect compounding the filter before it. If you want something white and gold with a hint of gold this a nice compatible piece - neither too bold nor too boring." LCH

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

FORMAT: B, E only

"This is a 200 year plus white oak with the background made to contrasting with slightly bluer than normal limbs. I can't why I love this work which is very much a photography still. I though everyone would hate it but that's been very far from the case. Maybe it just shocks. I don't know. I wouldn't want to wake up to it each morning in my bedroom but other places and times it gives something special to a space." LCH

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

"This has to be a large size since the colors are deliberately pale and the texures raised with some restraint. It looks like it was thickly painted or thinly carved. The photo is of a pink periwinkle (Catheranthus roseus) processed with several good, proven filters. I've resisted requests to tint it up to much. The low saturation suits my eye my better. " LCH

"One of the most highly colored in the PAPYRUS SERIES. Given the origin of the plant, I wanted to do something with a slightly Egyptian art feel. The gold on dark red seemed about right and so we have this Number Five. I'll probably due a dark green and blue limited edition at the later time.." LCH

"Frankly I don't much like this one much and refuse to have one hanging in my places. An artist sometimes has a duty to soliticate other opinions, at least in the interest of making friends and keeping commerce at a realist level. Many of us would be poorer and far more stupid if a true friend had not asked to save or market a particular piece. Find the right people and listen to them. If the sheckels follow, listen to them some more. This one has fans. The larger prints will have a very rich, 3D sort of texture. It was an experiment gone wrong for me - just right for others." LCH

"Yes, I know. It looks nothing like a Camellia. Most folks figure it's some sort of colorized ice or even from a cave wall. Could have been. It's actually derived from the same picture I used for CAMELLIA SWIRL NO. 1. It was red and white, a Camellia japonica, I believe. This one has the red replaced and it got splayed and textured a couple of interesting ways. Once again, it was the only the second survivor of about 200 variants on the theme." LCH

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

"Like the GLACIER EYES above this was intended to be more of an intenet background graphic than standalone, frame art. It surprised me that the colors and textures looked very nice inside a black frame. I think you'll really like it in the larger sizes." LCH

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

"I've had a love affair with the nice barks of crapemyrtles for decades. They are wonderful living art on their own. I still find it irresistable not to color them up in some interesting ways. Lots of bad art could come from such a hobby. I hope this one pick out of two hundred tried is worthy of my collection and your home or office. In a large print it will give you alot  for years." LCH

Released: 7.4.4

"Coneflower or Echinacea may be good for the immune system but it is even more effectual as art. There will be 10 variants on this one image, differing colors and textures to suit various tastes. They'll come out over 2004 and 2005 and a couple will be rare limited editions ." LCH

Released: 7.4.4

"White fimbriated kale is a nice winter garden plant and not very rare in southern gardens. I decided to improve on nature (actually the plant breeders) again and gave the kale a bit more color and a very fat 3-D texture. This one just pops off the wall into your eyespace. " LCH

Released: 7.4.4

"This was another accident. I'm still not sure how this razor wire effect came from and I could reproduce it again in a hundred years. It's based on a nice photo of Erianthus ravennae (Ravenna or Plume Grass) that was easily 15 feet tall. The grey, black, and scarlet was my final pick for the colors - as with so many other works the color combos are picked last." LCH

Released: 7.4.4

Released: 6.25.4

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

Released: 6.15.4

"I have vowed to do a Cutleaf Japanese Maple work each year for as long as the Lord allows me to be this side of the ground. As many of you know, cutleaf maples belong to the Dissectum Group or forma dissectum. They remain some of the beautiful woody plants on earth. The 2004 edition shows the texture but in near colors, actually the reverse of what it would be against a light gray sky. " LCH

Released: 6.15.4

"These are disembodied Cyclamen flowers shot at large conservatory. The colors were correct, boosted, and tinkered with a bit before laying down a very heavy texture over it all. I wanted to create the image of free, flying petals not grounded to stems or anything else. ." LCH

Released: 6.1.4

Released: 9.20.4

"This is one of those 'eye of the beholder' things that isn't going mass market anytime soon. (I've been wrong before). These palmate leaves just begged for some new colors and a complex routine of filters." LCH

Released: 10.2.4

"Another of my mad crapemyrtyle fantasies. I've been asked for more work in violet and purple hues and this one was given a diamond-like patterning for new apparent reason accept to be different. ." LCH

Released: 11.1.4

"How do you lilify or make lily-like a lily? You don't. These came from Turkish tulips which when colored and textured look more like upfacing lilies. The original colors were blue-green leaves with very pale cream petals. This is a good example of how a dull photo with just the right shapes and forms can be made into some very different, new, and fun. I'd advise anyone doing digital processed at to start with fascinating forms and worry about the color and textures very much later. " LCH

Released: 11.1.4

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.

Released: 11.1.4

FORMAT: B and C only. No small prints available.