Overview
Texas is renowned for its spectacular shows of wildflowers...fields of bluebonnets stretching to the horizon...cactus blossoms brightening the desert...Indian paintbrush, phlox, and groundsel carpeting the hillsides. From the Hill Country to the Great Plains, from Big Bend National Park to Padre Island National Seashore, where else but in Texas can one see such an incredible variety of flowers?Combine this wealth of natural beauty with the photographic talents of Richard Reynolds, and the results are truly inspiring. Reynolds, recognized as one of the top nature photographers in the state, captures the vivid colors as well as the subtle details of wildflowers. For nearly thirty years he has traveled throughout Texas, focusing his lens on the myriad of flowering plants that grow here.
Reynolds's photographs are paired with the words of noted writers and poets. "I should like to enjoy this summer flower by flower..." penned French author Andre Gide. You can enjoy their lasting beauty page by page and throughout the year with Richard Reynolds's Texas Wildflowers.
Synopsis
Texas is renowned for its spectacular shows of wildflowers...fields of bluebonnets stretching to the horizon...cactus blossoms brightening the desert...Indian paintbrush, phlox, and groundsel carpeting the hillsides. From the Hill Country to the Great Plains, from Big Bend National Park to Padre Island National Seashore, where else but in Texas can one see such an incredible variety of flowers?
Combine this wealth of natural beauty with the photographic talents of Richard Reynolds, and the results are truly inspiring. Reynolds, recognized as one of the top nature photographers in the state, captures the vivid colors as well as the subtle details of wildflowers. For nearly thirty years he has traveled throughout Texas, focusing his lens on the myriad of flowering plants that grow here.
Reynolds's photographs are paired with the words of noted writers and poets. "I should like to enjoy this summer flower by flower..." penned French author Andre Gide. You can enjoy their lasting beauty page by page and throughout the year with Richard Reynolds's Texas Wildflowers.