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All photographs and artwork are completely original and copyright Ronald William Horne ® - any unlicensed use or reproduction is illegal and will be prosecuted.
Digital magic unleashes the artist's original vision obscured behind the structural iron supporting stained glass windows. The largest cemetery in Sacramento, CA is home to near 100 year old original stained glass windows that each convey a timeless story of life's value. Here, through the world of digital restoration, we liberate the artists inherent message from behind the iron panes required for stable window functionality to reveal the inherent beauty and moving theme of each original work of art.
"A Good Name Will Shine Forever." As if emancipated from behind iron bars of physics, the symbols of the afterlife - a fountain, an angel, a stairway leading away - suddenly come together in a unified vision through the art of digital transformation.
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Imagery containing stairways leading to another place, fountains of flowing water, the two embracing the angel and the cross in the middle. The entire message envisioned by the artist is smoothly integrated into a common theme the guides the eye and the unconscious to it compelling center.
"Love Leaves Memory's Gate Ajar" - a flower encompassed path leading to a distant gate left ajar invites us to a lifetime of memories. This theme guides our eyes from bottom to top, a small symbolic journey, through the art of digital transformation.
"Love Leaves Memories Gate Ajar" - One cannot look at this image without being pulled inexorably through the universe of flowers toward to the distant gate left ajar. Such is the journey of the soul guided into the the world beyond the gate. The unfettered image allowing the eye to move effortlessly and tell us much about the artist's intended message.
The Spring of Hope
"The Spring of Hope Flows Eternal" now comes alive as our vision moves from the beginning of the path in the lower left hand corner and is guided up the path to a flowing stream, surrounded by a mountain lake - all iconic images of the road to the afterlife as depicted by the artist and liberated from the square iron structures of the window.
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"Time Passes but Memories Never Fade" - a path leads to a sun dial then leads away to a series of steps and a green lawn - lovely symbols of life's journey. Through the art of digital transformation, this entire image becomes unified and guides the eye to move along the path freely to embrace the artist's vision.
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Feed from behind iron bars of structural physics, the symbols of the afterlife - a fountain, the mountains, the sea - come together in a unified theme through the art of digital transformation.
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With all the distraction of the window's rectangular frame covering the image, it becomes whole. The eye move from the dominant fountain image to explore the richly colored tapestry of blooming plants, tall trees, the sea , the mountains and the sky.