VIEW IN MY ROOM
Japan
Drawing, Watercolor on Wood
Size: 32.3 W x 39.4 H x 0 D in
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Working in the garden inspired this piece. In southern Japan, a simple flower garden can become a jungle overnight thanks to the heavy rainfall, heat, and humidity. That tangle of plants with the variegated shades of green can be luscious, beautiful, and somehow relaxing to look at. Below the surface of the earth, their roots are also entangled in a network in which they can communicate and support each other from falling down as well as with extra water or nutrients. This vegetation also moderates temperatures so they do not become extreme, holds on to particles floating in the air so they do not enter our breathing passageways, and helps clean the air that we breathe. This drawing will hopefully make viewers smile and remember happy, summery days regardless of what the world looks like outside. Every time it is viewed yet another section with its colour or detail will be noticed. Why coloured pencil instead of paint? coloured pencil is basically dried paint, either oil- or water-based, in a convenient dispenser. The artist with her printmaking background enjoys layering a fine line to create atmosphere or pentimento. A drawing retains a sense of the energy used to create it. By using wooden panels instead of paper, no expensive framing is needed. It can be hung as is. It also has a light varnish on it to protect the delicate colored pencil. Direct sunlight is not recommended.
Drawing:Watercolor on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:32.3 W x 39.4 H x 0 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Ships From:Japan.
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Born in Canada but currently residing in Japan. As a visual artist, Michelle Zacharias always seem to be on the outside looking in. Is she now a Canadian artist or a Japanese artist? She works primarily in natural pigments such as dust, coloured pencil, photography, and mixed media. Recent work shows the anthropocene and how dust is everywhere but affected in content and colour by individual environments and also how it affects colour in our daily environments. Why dust? Living and working in the shadow of a large chemical plant combined with winds bringing in "yellow dust" with attached particles of industrial pollution from China for many years resulted in allergies plaguing the artist throughout the year. Pollen from nature's flower and trees becomes an issue when covered in pollutants, and her artwork shows how that natural beauty might be sprinkled with spots of darkness that are partly natural and partly manmade. Dust sounds unappealing and ugly, but beautiful sunsets result from dust in the air. This dust becomes a natural pigment when traditional Japanese paint-making techniques are used. Black ink or coloured pencil can either spotlight or imitate the dust in artwork. In contemporary art, dust has been sprinkled in other mediums but rarely has it been as featured before Zacharias's art. Zacharias continues to explore how dust can be both used as a medium or suggested when using other mediums. Zacharias comes from a printmaking background and continues the detail used in her etchings regardless of the medium. Coloured pencil was a natural extension of that and also one that was much safer to use. Zacharias enjoys using unconventional materials and elevating their status to that of beauty.
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