While each artist had a very unique style and method to their creation, they all seemed to go together because of their organic nature. A lot of the artists seemed to take a colorful approach to the theme of this show which I thought was interesting and intriguing because the central theme is nature. While some artists focused on objects in nature that could be identified as such, others were more abstract and only gave us the feeling of a natural world.
One of the most interesting things about this show to me personally was how the work of all of these artists contrasted so much with what was going on in the airport below. Because of where the gallery is the viewer is able to look down upon people waiting to board planes, going through security, and greeting others. From up above one is able to view the whole scene from a variety of angles and then walk to the window and watch planes take off and land on the runway. The height and views from up above relate to this sense of nature in the gallery because of the godlike view it gives to the person above. Just as the artist viewed and studied nature before attempting to recreate it, the viewer of their final piece is able to view others in an observatory way. It also gives us the option of whether we want to view the whole scene or if we want to focus in on a particular person. The artists also had to consider if they wanted to focus in on a particular detail in nature or the bigger picture.
This first image is the view of the runway from the gallery on the top floor of the airport. There are large windows that let in a lot of sunlight and give an encompassing view of the outside.
This image on the left is an example of a more realistic view of the forest and trees, but like many of the others it plays around with artificial and natural colors, like the latter, contrasting and overlapping one another.
The image on the right is one of my favorites. It has an unfinished quality about it because in spots it uses pencil and in others it is more rich and detailed. To me there is something about the subject manner that makes this pencil work nicely.
This image above is interesting in that it is a slice of a tree trunk. It uses bright oranges in a geometric pattern that contrast with that natural, dull oranges and browns of the tree trunk itself.
These two images above are also ones that were among my favorites. Although they are both very abstract and without the concept of Second Nature it might be harder to identify them, but I think considering the topic, and the colors make it easy to see that it is the artists interpretation of flowers.
The artist that made this piece had a very interesting print making process, in some of the leaf-like shapes it is easy to see how the artist mastered a detail and repeated it onto the other leaves in a unique and successful way.
This last piece brings fantasy together with nature in an unusual way. It is not extremely far fetched that a scene like this could be created but it is interesting to see the mix of nature with such artificial lighting.
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