My Waterfall Garden

I found a memory the other day
Yosemite Falls 2010, I was there
Learning to see beyond the immediate
Looking it squarely in the face through a 400mm lens

Sharing a moment of beauty unbound by it’s walls
The roar of the water echoing across the Valley
Or was that my heart pumping with enraptured overflow

I was taking it all in next to a lover, friend, and mentor
Lost in the beauty and the exhilaration
Part of the waterfall and part of each other
All of the emotions and sensual realizations
Of that day come rushing back when I see these images

Time gets suspended somehow
When you find a memory like this
You are in the moment,
All you can do is stop
And let it overtake you

Our lives are full of these
Each chapter in our book of life precious to us
Like a watercolor of a sunset
It is impossible to share the vast
Enormity of each ray of light, color, or sensation
Others can only imagine drawing from their own experience.

The magic of photography is that it causes you to stop
Focus on the moment and everything around you.

A split second is often all you have to capture in rich detail the story you want to tell
You become part of the story
Because you are the storyteller

By Cheryl McDonald 2025©

I have written a blog about this art and you can read it here.

This is a new digital painting  I just finished to help fight the overwhelm of what is going on with the current situation in the United States today, 2025. The image is an artistic composite created from a photo my personal photo collection, built in Affinity Photo 2 creating a new composition that tells a story about the decay of America.  I have created an original poem to further express my thoughts.

This is going to be a limited edition series, and I only plan to sell 20 signed 16" x 20" copies of each print in this series. You will receive a signed copy of the poem associated with this art upon purchase of a print. 

PLEASE ORDER DIRECTLY FROM ME  so that I may ship you a signed print and poem. 

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL WORK OF ART, HOWEVER, IT IS A DIGITALLY CREATED IMAGE. I retain all copyrights to my artwork.

• These are Giclee Prints  
• Giclee Art Prints Info:
  Prints are done using pigmented inks on Hahnemuehle Rag Photo Paper, it will last you a lifetime. My Prints are only available through me at this time.
• Shipping is Free within the United States
• Shipping outside the U.S. can be arranged