Herbarium - Fantasy
2022
Nature is a place for imagination, meditation, and wisdom. Every little insect and plant is significant in nature preservation. Trees do not make the forest alone, but they work together, in symbiosis with the whole ecosystem. Forest diversity is so wide that there are still trees in rainforests that we have not found or recognized. They might die of distinction before we get to know them.
Nature is also culturally diverse. Stories have been told about them all over the world. Nature can be mysterious, dreamlike, and unknown. You can get lost in the forest, and find a new connection to yourself and nature there. The Herbarium - Fantasy artworks create a new connection to the imagination. Herbarium is based on imagined plants and perhaps of those species we still haven’t found.
When one observes the plants with a microscope, recognizing the species becomes wider the wider you look. Species might share one little microscopic detail, but when you widen the image, the plant might be different than initially thought. I’ve taken influence from the microscopic observation of the plants and combined plants, places, and eras with the flow of painting and feeling.
Through the imagination, we can talk about the cultural meaning of nature and its importance to communities. Nature is home. The Herbarium Fantasy describes the diversities and surprises of nature.
