"Garden of Eden"

Thoughts about nature have intensified and became main motive. I am inspired from nature that surrounds me, nature from different continents which I saw in various photographs, documentaries, paintings and illustrations. I would like to present vegetation that bring us curiosity, peace, ideas and imagination of undiscovered plant life. I am trying to create unreal looks of plants, meadows, flowers and trees. By gently tapping with a brush, colored tones are spreading from light to dark. Than dots and tones become a game in which vegetation starts to grow. Every day I paint, continuing the cycle of the nature’s eternal spirit. Art forms of nature from 1899 of Ernst Haeckel, are illustrations that inspired me about the bio world.
"Garden of Eden" is my reveries spread on paper sheets, that every person can immerse into, thinking of a wonderful world. Each day I am continuing painting. I have more than hundred paper bands.

Series N°1 of paintings on papers bands, gouache, acrylic and watercolour, 2020, 8 x 72 cm each ones

Series N°2 of paintings on paper bands, gouache, acrylic and watercolour, 2020, 8 x 72 cm each ones

Series N°3 of paintings on paper bands, gouache, acrylic and watercolour, 2020, 8 x 72 cm each ones

The plants are growing. The colors are changing from dark to light. The paintings are becoming alive and are reminiscent of nature in the spring. Colors and imagination are becoming one and the game continues. To spilled watercolor I am adding gouache brushstrokes and revival scenes arise. I am traveling throughout the garden and discovering new interesting places with other species.

Nature is overpowered. Fast as the spread of thoughts, plants are invading the areas. Although unknown to the viewer, it can be peaceful. By observation of the vegetation, we can awake the senses with colors and feel the smell of nature. Step by step, ideas grow and colors increase intensively. The shapes we see stimulate our imagination and make us discover more. We may compare these shapes with already existing plant species. A new source of inspiration came from watching an interview of the painter David Hockney. The large format composed of small images gave me the idea to present «Garden of Eden» .The image will start with a blue surface that we will have to skim through to reach into the plant world.

Series N°4 of paintings on paper bands, gouache, acrylic and watercolour, 2020, 8 x 72 cm each ones

Series N°5 of paintings on paper bands, gouache, acrylic and watercolour, 2020, 8 x 72 cm each ones

I follow the path and move forward.
"Garden of Eden" is a journey through the wild plants of the imagination manifested on lined papers.

The papers are grouped from different places where many floral species grow. Into a deeper exploring I found a palette of turquoise, green and blue. Than flowers that I have identified are as in real nature pure purple, yellow and red. Each part of the route shows a new range of the palette. In order to be able to present species as closely as possible, it took time to make this palette. In reality if we look at every corner of the earth we will see a range of light and dark tones. My palette changed and when I painted, I used more water and followed the sensibility of the watercolor. Without having a picture of the whole, I painted the elements, the background and the space between the elements and the background. Composing the entirety could be compered with an unraveling labyrinthine puzzle. In this painting you can see dots sprinkled around the vegetation. The inspiration comes from the present moment when spring is accompanied by a large amount of pollen. The movement of pollen in the air completes this notion. Finally, It is also possible to represent my whole work on a large wall.

Photo credit: Anthony Visconti