I am at home right now and our house is situated in a nature preserve amongst trees and wildlife. My dad is also an avid gardener and loves adding flowers and other plants to our backyard. Due to this, I’ve always felt connected to nature and love taking in the simple beauty of it. This setting is more rural suburban. Not quite rural because my neighbors are about 800 feet away, but we do have a lot of nature around us.
Since becoming a vegetarian and now vegan, people have always been interested in what I eat. Usually, when they find out they make a comment along the lines of, “oh, so you only eat grass?” So in this piece, I took that literally. I made this “salad” out of found objects in my surrounding outdoors. I found grasses, weeds, flowers, and walnuts to make my “salad” and I used a large leaf for the “plate” and used sticks and bark for the “utensils”. For the “table” I found an old stump in the back of my house.
Two adjectives: playful and whimsical
I love the pop of color from the flowers and how thoughtfully you laid out the whole piece. I especially loved how you made sure to include the utensils with found objects. The arrangement looks awesome! maybe next time you have your installation occupy a little more of the space its in?
I think that the use of the tree stump was a very effective way at contextualizing the piece within the setting of the forest. The dark color of the stump contrasts the bright greens and pink in a way that makes the objects stand out. The piece also makes me reconsider how I see tree stumps, as this one is set up like a table. Also, I thought that the four pieces of grass/wheat that intersect the background leaf at a right angle worked to balance the piece. I think it would have been interesting to see a picture of the entire tree stump to see how the piece looks from farther away.
I love your work because the color is bright and beautiful! What’s more, this looks like a plant salad which makes me really want to try the taste of leaves and flowers. Your design is really interesting!
The piece is playful and whimsical. The colors draw us in, perhaps even scattering a few “bread crumbs” to lead us to the “table” for our feast. The piece seems a little more like a sculpture and a little less like an installation. But still interesting to look at.