Unique Gift Idea

Roger Isabell is an Adobe PhotoShop™ Certified expert that has been doing business as Photique of La Quinta, California since 1991. Formerly specializing in wedding photography, the artist created this unusual artform that must be seen to be appreciated. Although Roger's technique is only in its infancy he was a "hand selected" artist, invited to participate in Art events such as the La Quinta Arts Foundation's "Art Under the Umbrellas" and the the Coachella Valley Arts Alliances Kaleidescope in Rancho Mirage. In the spring of 2007, he participated in and was awarded First Place in category at the Indian Wells Arts Festival. He was also invited to show at the Dream Artisans Faire at the Grand Tradition in Fallbrook, California. The founder of that show gave her personal invitation to be a participant, bypassing the jury process.

Many artists mistake this wall art photography for oil paintings because Roger digitally imitates what a painter would do with flowers. Most of the pieces are garden-variety flowers, predominantly roses, that are chosen from Isabell's own gardens. Special orders are considered and a limited number of prints are sold to maintain the uniqueness and value of this art.

"After many years of experience in Portrait and Wedding Photography, I discovered a technique, that before now, I never thought possible. As soon as the idea came to me, I couldn’t wait to try it. I was not disappointed and immediately felt driven to promote it to the greatest extent possible. “I have tried to capture groupings of flowers for years, but was never happy with the outcome, and I knew exactly why, but was unable to overcome these limitations using camera and film.  Photographing a Bride's bouquet often presented a challenge for me, because the traditional camera limited what I could do, resulting from a camera’s and lense’s natural limitations,(namely depth-of-field and something called the law of 'inverse squares'). One or two of the flowers in the foreground, at most, would be accurately recorded in the image."

That was in the past. This new discovery… this trade secret has overcome these limitations. Every flower in the image is recorded as the foreground flower 'portrait'. Then, all of them are joined together into the ‘group portrait'. When the job is finished and printed, the individual members of the collages literally 'jump out' at you, because they imitate a painting, rather than a photograph. Roger says, “I can only assume that the reason people have mistaken them for paintings is because, as a painter in oils would record his/her subject, the eye instantly focuses and adjusts to each component. My technique allows photography to 'imitate art' in a way that heretofore hasn't been done."

Floral Photography that's often mistaken for Oil Paintings

Larger Prints are primarily 30x30" mounted on half-inch gator board and are laminated to preserve their archival quality for many years to come. Laminated prints are also available in 16x20" and 8x10.  A variety of sizes and mountings are available and can be requested to suit the buyer's needs.

Roger has been commissioned to do custom work as well. Imagine your favorite rose! "If there's a way I can get my hands on a fresh bloom, I can do my thing with it."

Digitized watermarked versions of the work are also available upon request. The choices are many... from individual flowers from Roger Isabell's large collection, to Isabell designed collages that would grace any home, foyer, doctor's office or reception room. They're a must-see for interior decorators, as well.

Contact us for wall art photographs of flowers made to resemble oil paintings, which make a unique gift idea from La Quinta, California.

via email at

rogerisa@aol.com

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760-409-0626 or 760-772-6982