The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Wildflowers (PVGM1)

2015

Aaron Rothman

(American, b. 1974)
America
inkjet print
Image: 50.8 x 63.5 cm (20 x 25 in.); Frame: 61 x 73.7 cm (24 x 29 in.)
L. E. Holden Fund 2020.283
© Aaron Rothman
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This image started as a straightforward photograph of an area of wildflowers; it was transformed later in the studio using Photoshop.

Description

In the Wildflowers series, “I digitally remove any part of the image that’s not in direct sunlight, then fill it in with pretty, decorative colors,” says the artist. Doing this transforms the initial realistic renderings into imaginative creations. The bold use of artifice suggests the gap between the physical world and our always subjective interaction with it.
  • Aaron Rothman (the artist) [1974-]
    ?-2020
    (Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY)
    December 7, 2020
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Rothman, Aaron. Signal Noise, Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2018.
  • {{cite web|title=Wildflowers (PVGM1)|url=false|author=Aaron Rothman|year=2015|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.283