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wood prints abstract nature abstract tree sodalite royal blue blue gemstone blue stone leafless trees tree silhouettes starry sky milky way night sky bright stars nebula starlight deep blue

digital art abstract nature abstract tree sodalite royal blue blue gemstone blue stone leafless trees tree silhouettes starry sky milky way night sky bright stars nebula starlight deep blue

Sodalite is a blue tectosilicate mineral widely used as an ornamental gemstone. Although massive sodalite samples are opaque, crystals are usually transparent to translucent. Sodalite usually comes in beautiful shades of royal blue color, often with white specks and long insets of calcit. This image is one of the 12 pieces of my series titled The wooden jewelry box, inspired by the beautiful colors, structures and details of gemstones, crystals and trees. All pieces are available as print.

I'm a landscape architect, writer and illustrator currently living in Budapest. As an architect, creating illustrations for the visual presentation of a project has always been a very important part of my work but it's always been about the concept and never about the picture itself - it took me until my 30s to start to create images depicting my own stories, my own imaginary reality. Most of my pictures are inspired by the existing world, but with a touch of illusion - I like to play with unreal lighting and reflections creating compositions that feel 'almost' realistic. My images portray mostly imaginary scenes and worlds, seascapes, landscapes, skyscapes, trees and wildlife, nature's beautiful patterns; often inspired by tales, ancient...