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Meditation on Green Vegetation II (緑植生の瞑想2) Painting
Japan
Painting, colored pencil on Wood
Size: 45.7 W x 22.4 H x 1 D in
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This is from a small series of "green" abstracts that had a garden feel. Although created as an individual piece on two panels, it works well with Meditation on Green Vegetation I (緑植生の瞑想1) if this one is inverted and below No. 1. It is bright and sunny, Only those cold winter days, this drawing/painting reminds one of spring and the joy that dandelions bring to the child in all of us. The whole series did this. One woman in Tokyo walked into the gallery and bought one of the companion pieces because she needed a spring piece for her collection that she rotated seasonly. Wooden panels are used for many reasons. I like being able to draw or scribble with as much energy or pressure as I like. This applies to erasing huge sections as well, since I often delete huge sections so that those marks and colour provide a base for the next layers. This is called pentimento and prevents the colour from sitting flat on the surface. Another economical reason is that frames are incredibly expensive and heavy. These panels might look large but they are actually quite light and can be hung on a wall with two pushpins per panel. It is actually composed of two panels. Instead of shipping a painting that is more than one metre long, it is much easier to ship a stack of two panels and much easier to carry them into a room. Why coloured pencil? I enjoy taking what is oft regarded as something children use and instead making fine art with it. The physicality of the pencil on the surface, the line, the control, the fact that it is paint in a stick...all of these things are what I enjoy. The drawing/painting grew organically. I never know what it will look like in the end, and that is fine with me. As long as it brings beauty and joy into the world.
Details & Dimensions
Multi-paneled Painting:colored pencil on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:45.7 W x 22.4 H x 1 D in
Number of Panels:2
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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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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