Fragile in soft pastel colours: Dried leaves by Marjolijn van den Berg

About "Fragile in soft pastel colours: Dried leaves"

by Marjolijn van den Berg

About the artwork

"Fragile in soft pastel colours: Dried leaves" is a photo of beautiful light old-pink coloured leaves from a plant in Lanzarote. These leaves had fallen off the plant and been dried by the sun and have already partially decayed. Because of this, you can see the beautiful vein structure of the petals. The plant from which these petals come is probably the Bougainvillea. This plant has beautiful beautifully coloured bracts, these petals surround the real flowers. These petals (three of them) are attached to each other with a stalk. Between the leaves are the seeds of the plant. (These cannot be seen in the photo, the vein structure attracted me much more!). These leaves have fallen off the plant with stalk and its seeds.
If you zoom in on the photo, you can see that I chose a small depth of field when taking this picture, which means a small part is in focus, and everything in front and behind it gradually fades out. This makes the background quite even in colour and creates depth in the work. This setting also gives a somewhat dreamy atmosphere. The leaves are on a mirrored surface, so you see the leaves again, upside down, and a bit more blurred and abstract in the ground surface.
This work could hang beautifully as a wall decoration in the bedroom, kitchen, dining room, hall or just above the sofa in the living room! Also beautiful on the wall in a meeting room or waiting room (business).
©Marjolijn van den Berg