1.
A unique form of recycling, i.e., using dried plant parts and giving
them a second life (eternal?) as material for artistic creation. The
texture, shape, and color of a single plant or several placed next to
each other are so inspiring that they evoke associations that form
the basis of the idea, theme, and artistic convention of the image.
2.
Stimulating viewers' imaginations by mobilizing them to interpret new
content and associations in images constructed from familiar elements
and forms found in nature.
3.
By connecting viewers with a world that emanates the familiar beauty
of the human natural environment, it brings relief, peace, and
serenity to the heart.
4.
Creating an alternative to art using artificial intelligence.
5.
Therefore, my artistic technique involves the following steps:
a.
creating a plant collage by gluing dried plant parts to a flat
surface painted with white emulsion paint,
b.
scanning the plant collage and saving it as a high-resolution 600 DPI
JPG file,
c.
to achieve a uniformly white background, essential for the openwork
effect, which gives the images a light and airy feel while also
allowing for a clearer display of the plants' artistic qualities,
another, very labor-intensive, multi-day stage is necessary.
This
is a manual process, i.e. without any automation, "background
cleaning" using Photoshop with an accuracy of a few pixels and
saving it as a 600 DPI JPG file, in order to obtain a digital graphic
(called "florotype").
d.
in order to enhance the intensity of the recipients' impressions and
to more accurately show the colors, shapes and textures of plants -
the digital graphics are enlarged to large format sizes and
printed on canvas stretched on a frame or displayed on a large
screen.
Due
to the use of only natural plants with only natural colors - each
selection of works from my collection creates a uniform presentation.
The
theme of the work is energy and joy of life embodied by the happy
Scarecrow setting the fields around him in undulating motion - as if
he were their ruler.
For
making this plant collage were used the dried plant parts listed
below:
a)
scarecrow's face - large barberry leaf ,
b)
scarecrow's hands - linden
fruit,
c)
carecrow's mantle -
heuchera leaf,
d)
hat ornament and birds - blue columbine flowers,
e)
field lines - long pine needles,
f)
rows of small trees on
field margins - tiny barberry leaves, early lilac flowers, various
seeds.
The
plants mentioned above and others used in the work can be recognized
by an attentive viewer.
