{"id":1013,"date":"2016-01-18T22:15:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T04:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2025-12-26T17:33:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:33:59","slug":"the-garden-of-surrealistic-tranquility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/the-garden-of-surrealistic-tranquility\/","title":{"rendered":"The Garden of Surrealistic Tranquility"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Garden of Surrealistic Tranquility<\/h3>\nThe project&#8217;s purpose is to create a montage art piece using original photos and advanced image editing techniques. This piece was created using eight&nbsp;separate photographs. All photos are original and taken by&nbsp;William Schwab.\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1023\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Final_Master5_1024x1214.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1023\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/the-garden-of-surrealistic-tranquility\/final_master5_1024x1214\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Final_Master5_1024x1214.jpg?fit=1024%2C1214&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1214\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Garden of Surrealistic Tranquility\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Garden of Surrealistic Tranquility&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Final_Master5_1024x1214.jpg?fit=474%2C562&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1023 size-large\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Final_Master5_1024x1214-864x1024.jpg?resize=474%2C562\" alt=\"The Garden of Surrealistic Tranquility\" width=\"474\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Final_Master5_1024x1214.jpg?resize=864%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Final_Master5_1024x1214.jpg?resize=127%2C150&amp;ssl=1 127w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Final_Master5_1024x1214.jpg?resize=253%2C300&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Final_Master5_1024x1214.jpg?resize=768%2C911&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Final_Master5_1024x1214.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billschwabdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Final_Master5_1024x1214.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Garden of Surrealistic Tranquility<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nThe completed piece seeks to straddle the lines of what is real and what is not. 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This piece was created using eight&nbsp;separate photographs. All photos are original and taken by&nbsp;William Schwab. The completed piece seeks to straddle the lines of what is real and what is not. 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