Artwork description:

"The Holly Green" is a macro photo of a Cladonia Pixie Cup lichen with a drop of dew, captured in the forest of Sweden in 2022.

Green is a color of nature, and it is indeed a very holy color, as it is the color of chlorophyll, a key component of life on our planet.

Most living organisms, including humans, need energy and oxygen to live, which are both produced during the photosynthesis process inside the chlorophyll cells of plants, cyanobacteria, and algae.

Chlorophyll converts solar energy into chemical energy by capturing the red and blue waves of sunlight. But it doesn't absorb the green color but instead reflects it, making plants with chlorophyll cells inside look green in our eyes.

Using just sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide Chlorophyll cells produce oxygen and energy, which are used by all the life forms on the planet. These green-colored cells are indeed holy, as all life forms, including humans, owe their lives to them!

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The photo is a part of the "SAGOSKOGEN" collection, a collection of art photos of northern nature that I like to call fairytales told by the Swedish forest in the language of images (in Swedish, "Saga" means fairytale and "Skogen" means forest, so "Sagoskogen" means the fairytale forest).


ABOUT THE PRINT:

• Archival Pigment Print;
• Printed on Hahnemuehle Fine Art Paper;
• Each print is signed, and numbered and comes with the Certificate of authenticity;

☝🏻 Chosen materials provide age resistance to fading, deep colours, and contrast of prints.

👉 The print can be sent stretched; please, let me know if you are interested.

EDITIONS:

Actual size on paper 20 x 30 cm - edition of 25
Actual size on paper 40 x 60 cm - edition of 15 ✅
Actual size on canvas 60 x 90 cm - edition of 3
Actual size on canvas 80 x 120 cm - edition of 1

Custom edition - 3 pcs on request



📸 ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Etuvgi is a Sweden-based self-educated artist with aphantasia, which uses photography and digital art to visualize her feelings, concepts, and dreams.

Etuvgi's works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions internationally. In 2022, she became a finalist at the Arte Laguna Prize 16. In 2023, the artist was granted a stipend from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.

Materials used:

fine-art paper from Hahnemuhle, archival pigment inks

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