I first came across the idea of LandArt through a coffee table book of the works of Andy Goldsworthy in the studio of an artist friend. I was mesmerized and intrigued. In love, really. The concept of making nature the center of art, without galleries and deadlines and vernissages - art for all to see, for Mother Nature to give and to take back when she feels like it. It was like giving art another dimension. Instead of being preserved and destined to live forever on a wall, in a museum, or the dark corner of a thrift store, the creation only exists for a moment in time and its slow death became part of its story.
This fleetingness is what intrigues me the most about it, similar to creating a sand mandala in Tibetan tradition. Spending time, meditating, creating. Then giving it back into the hands of the Great Creator. I don’t have to move mountains or divert rivers, as some of the LandArt pioneers did. As a matter of fact, I believe we should disturb nature as little as possible when creating in it. Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footsteps is my mantra. I do pick flowers and leaves off trees, but there I also follow ethical wildcrafting guidelines - like never taking the whole plant, protecting habitat and endangered, unusual or threatened species, etc. And if I create art from trash I found, I take a picture and then take the trash with me.
After my kids were born I didn’t have much time and energy to spend in the studio painting canvases. I was also looking for less toxic ways to create and I vowed not to let my garage get filled up with large canvases and art boards again. I wanted to make art WITH my children. So most of the projects below were created with one or both kids by my side, on my back or helping. They were created on playgrounds and on hiking trails, during endless summers at the beach and around our house. They were created because I was inspired by a flower or a leaf or the color of a rock. No long hours spent contemplating content and concept. The media IS the message. Enjoy!
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- Spanish Ombre Rocks
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- Costa Brava Sun
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- French Chestnut dreams
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- Millie’s LandArt project made with the rocks of the ruins of a 12th century church in the middle of the Pyrenees.
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- Rainy Day LandArt in Austria
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- You are here
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- Garden rainbow
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- You are my sunshine
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- Shamrock
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- Buckwheat
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- Ombre Rocks
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- Chaos | Order
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- Redwood LandArt
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- IceGreen
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- Rock Balancing
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- Rock Balancing
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- Rock Balancing
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- Suburban LandArt
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- Flow
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- Suburban LandArt
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- Suburban LandArt – Variation
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- Resist
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- Disturbed Love
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- Arrow
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- Suburban LandArt
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- Sycamore
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- Sycamore Variation
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- FALLen
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- Suburban TrashArt
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- Rock Balancing
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- Strawberry Tree
Pacha
Graphic designer, mommy, artist, nature explorer, typography nerd, fermenter.
5 Comments
Beautiful! They remind me of Andrew Goldsworthy.
Thank you! Yup, I’m definitely inspired by his work! Although, obviously, far from it in terms of genius!
Sweet! Thanks for sharing these in the blog.
Thanks for checking them out, Rick!
yes!