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“My drawings capture the degeneration cycle of plant materials and how they echo the living conditions of man and nature.
I am interested in capturing the reality of their existence, with all the imperfections, echoing their fragile existence in nature, not an idealized beautification of nature like botanical illustrations. The drawings are hyper realistic: they capture minute details of the subjects that I portray, but they are only an illusion of the ac- tual reality. I became obsessed with drawing nature by looking through magnifying glasses that allowed me to peer deeper into an astonishing world of abstract shapes and patterns. I then re- alized the complexity of nature and how magnificent it is. Every time I start a new drawing the discovery process starts anew.
In the finished drawings, the objects are isolated on a pristine white background, devoid of all the distractions of other plant materials. My intention is to show the beauty of a simple flower- ing branch or a scarified tree trunk for the viewer to reexamine the realities of nature.”
david moRRison