This artwork is realistic but certainly imaginative. What you see is a tree. A bare tree. A tree without leaves, in winter silhouette.
A tree in winter is still beautiful to see. Without leaves and just the bare branches. At that moment, you can beautifully see the silhouette of the tree. Only then can you really see the shape of the tree, and a bare winter tree radiates even more power as far as I'm concerned! Especially if it is an old tree, as depicted in this natural artwork.
I took a photo of this old tree. This photo has been duplicated and mirrored. That way, it is as if the tree is reflected in water. Where the bare branches touch the so-called water surface, a special pattern of branches touching each other is created.
But is it really a body of water in which the tree is reflected?
I combined the photo of the tree with my own photo of a special cloudy sky. Beautiful white clouds with a beautiful blue sky as a background. The blue stripes between the clouds almost touch and show you the way between the bare branches of this beautiful old tree.
By adding these special clouds, the tree seems to float in the air!
This artwork contains contrasts, natural elements, fantasy, a mirror image, symmetry and also symbolises freedom.
I see making art as a creative process.
The starting point of this process for me is always a photo or a painting of my own. Every work of art on this site is therefore based on a self-made photo or painting.
I find my sources of inspiration in everything around me...
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