Decorating Nature

I happened upon this blog, and once I got past the fact that it was on Blogspot I was hooked. The artist, Norm Magnusson, paints things in nature like leaves, pine cones, and fallen trees. He then takes stunning photographs of his work.

My favorite from those I’ve chosen to share here would definitely be the leaf that is painted with pixels. I love when the digital world and the natural are merged through art. I like what the contrast inspires me to think about, to consider… All of the images are beautiful though.

I love this project. He should do a coffee table book. I’d buy it.

We use nature how we see fit: we strive to bring order to it, we seek to explain it in a language that doesn’t belong to it, we try to make it prettier, we try to make it better, we try to make it more profitable. Some efforts succeed, some don’t.

Beauty is the best friend of consideration. If a photo is pretty, the viewer will spend more time with it. If a viewer spends more time with it, they will begin to think beyond the surface of it and into the meaning of it. That’s the dynamic I hope to create in viewers of my work.

~ Norm Magnusson

Prints are available.