Blake Heminger's distinctive style of "visual art" has grown artistically over the past two decades. After a long career in medicine, Blake turned to photography, concentrating on flowers as his subject and digital as his medium. He believes that flowers are open for unique interpretations, a perfect match for his contemporary style - a fusion of nature photography and illustration. His floral abstracts are so unique that you can walk into any gallery and identify his work immediately. Blake’s creative style has been influenced by Georgia O’Keefe’s abstract imagery, Henri Matisse’s mastery of the expressive language of color, Marc Chagall’s mixture and style of modern art, and by Ansel Adams’ clarity and depth of his photographs. The alluring beauty, the bright and subtle colors, the intriguing patterns, have earned Blake numerous accolades. With digital technology as Blake’s brushes, he is able to create vibrant, colorful and interesting images. Somewhere in Western Michigan, possibly still in Grand Rapids, there is one of Blake’s early works. His art teacher asked him to sign it as she wanted it for her personal collection. He remembers her telling him, “Your abstract style is cutting edge; continue to follow your dreams.”