fig. 100: brassica mel mellis produces a sweet nectar on the edges of its leaves.
fig. 99: a fresh bloom of the "exploding rainbow" flower.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
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Natural objects, painted, placed back into their natural habitat, photographed, and posted here.
For details about purchasing an archival print of any of these, click here.
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A few words about this body of work
“Chaos is the order of nature and order is the nature of man.”
“A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down.”
I strive to create art that is both beautiful and meaningful, art that is aesthetically and intellectually accessible and deals with important themes. This current body of work is on a theme that has informed a great deal of my work over the past couple of decades -- mankind’s complicated and vast relationship with nature.
We use nature how we see fit: we strive to bring order to it, we seek to explain it in a language that doesn’t belong to it, we try to make it prettier, we try to make it better, we try to make it more profitable. Some efforts succeed, some don’t.
This series, “Decorating nature” is about all that and is also all about beauty.
Beauty is the best friend of consideration. If a photo is pretty, the viewer will spend more time with it. If a viewer spends more time with it, they will begin to think beyond the surface of it and into the meaning of it. That’s the dynamic I hope to create in viewers of my work.
I hope you feel I’ve succeeded.
Norm Magnusson
“A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down.”
I strive to create art that is both beautiful and meaningful, art that is aesthetically and intellectually accessible and deals with important themes. This current body of work is on a theme that has informed a great deal of my work over the past couple of decades -- mankind’s complicated and vast relationship with nature.
We use nature how we see fit: we strive to bring order to it, we seek to explain it in a language that doesn’t belong to it, we try to make it prettier, we try to make it better, we try to make it more profitable. Some efforts succeed, some don’t.
This series, “Decorating nature” is about all that and is also all about beauty.
Beauty is the best friend of consideration. If a photo is pretty, the viewer will spend more time with it. If a viewer spends more time with it, they will begin to think beyond the surface of it and into the meaning of it. That’s the dynamic I hope to create in viewers of my work.
Lastly and maybe most importantly, this body of work is meant to be fun.
I hope you feel I’ve succeeded.
Norm Magnusson
The artist's bio can be seen by clicking here.
Want a print?
Archival computer prints are available from 18" x 12" up to 60" x 40" image size. They look good in all sizes but even better bigger.
Each giclée is individually created by master printer Steve Kerner of Stone River Fine Arts in Woodstock, N.Y. An artist himself, Mr. Kerner has dedicated the last 15 years to collaborating with visual artists to create the finest quality archival prints.
The giclées can be printed on a variety of materials, 100% recycled cotton rag, 100% cotton canvas or on special 505 gram, 100% rag, clay coated archival paper imported from England.
They're printed with ultra chrome K3 pigments.
A price list and more details can be seen by clicking here or, if you want to buy using Paypal, visit www.greenNaturePrints.com. Thank you.
Email: greenNaturePrints@gmail.com
