Category Archive: Nature

A sculpture of a beautiful woman welcomes the guests to the unique Floral Park. Dubai Miracle Topiary art

Dubai Miracle Topiary art

According to Latin proverb, Nature starts, art guides, and experience improves. Indeed, this describes the art of topiary. And the unique Floral Park “Dubai Miracle Garden” is a perfect example that. However, the process of creating green or flower sculptures is a long-term, very laborious and time-consuming.
The Dubai garden has a territory of 6.7 hectares. About 45 kinds of various types of flowers grow here. Most of them were specially imported to Dubai, to help the creators of Wonder Gardens to realize their projects. Designers from different countries have developed different landscape designs, and some of them are worth of the Guinness Book of Records. For example, a 10-meter pyramid of flowers, or a 800-meter high wall of plants.
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Kiss, inspired by Gustav Klimt. Kaliningrad Amber painting

Kaliningrad Amber painting
Every stone of amber is a frozen ray of sunshine kept for 40 million years. So, the picture from amber is not only a unique work of art, but also a part of the sun’s heat, zipped through millions of years. Landscapes, portraits, icons, images of fauna and flora made of amber radiate a positive energy and have a positive effect on a person.

Love for amber painting is due to the very nature of the origin of the material. The magic of the stone in the hands of artists becomes a work of art. It is the secret that fascinates, and turns painting into something more.

Gamma of amber colors is so great, that includes, perhaps, the entire spectrum of sunlight. That is why, according to experts, there are no two identical amber stones. Amber pictures include elements of small size made of a fine amber crumbs. Pictures of amber crumbs allow very accurately convey the image of people, animals, birds, nature and landscapes. But the greatest value is the applique made image of amber, where each element of the work of art – a separate amber stone.

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Lago General Carrera. Beautiful Marble Cave landscape painted by nature

Marble Cave landscape painted by nature
On the border of Argentina and Chile, near the Chilean city of Chile Chico, is one of the deepest lakes in the world – Lago General Carrera (Chilean name) or Lago Buenos Aires (Argentine name). Both names are recognized worldwide and are official. Area of the glacial lake located in the Patagonian Andes arms, is 1,850 square kilometers and a maximum depth – 586 m.

The pond became famous throughout the world for a unique Marble Cathedral (or Las Cavernas de Marmol), a maze of beautiful geological formations – Marble Cave. They are located on a limestone peninsula near the center of Lake General Carrera, on the Chilean side of it.

According to scientists’ research, unusual formations, presented in the form of numerous tunnels and columns, formed as a result of wave action over the last 6200 years. In fact, the walls of the cave labyrinth do not consist of marble and limestone. However, the range of colors of numerous caves of all shapes and sizes, penetrating the rock peninsula, dominated by bluish hues, which are very impressive displays in the turquoise water alpine lake.
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Spring melody. Sue Hsu photo art

Sue Hsu photo art
Taipei, Taiwan based photographer Sue Hsu has always been passionate about photography. “I am so glad to be living in Taiwan, to be surrounded by such wonderful sceneries and exotic creatures, and to be able to share their beauty with the world”. The gallery of a talented photographer includes several albums, among which – Sets True Love, Cherry Blossoms & Bird, Taiwan Blue Magpie, Lotus Pond, Beautiful Taiwan, Macro. Colorful flowers, tall trees, singing birds and the warm sun – these things are essential parts of one of the most beautiful seasons of spring. Sue Hsu can capture this perfect mood in her beautiful and colorful photos of birds. The amateur photographer Sue Hsu is a dance instructor, while photography is her hobby and passion.
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Red-chest bird. Kirsten Chursinoff embroidery art

Kirsten Chursinoff embroidery art
Canadian artist of applied art Kirsten Chursinoff loves to embroider. This type of needlework seems to her the most universal, the ability to attract a combination of hand and machine work. Kirsten is glad that ordinary materials such as yarn and fabric can create beautiful images of nature, which is the main inspiration for her. Kirsten’s embroidery is more like postcards with landscapes, plants, animals. The author emphasizes that she draws inspiration from the contemplation of nature. In addition, she spends a lot of time studying the different types of embroidery, looking for fresh ideas in books on art and photography. The mother of two children, Kirsten Chursinoff lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. The latest exhibition “Feathers and Wings” of her embroidered birds, butterflies and moths took place in New Westminster Public Library April 1-30, 2015.
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Awesome sculpture of a dog. Atlanta Botanical Garden green sculpture

Atlanta Botanical Garden green sculpture – one of the main local attractions. Founded in 1976, the garden covers an area of 12 hectares, being located in the central part of the city and neighbor of Piedmont Park. Visitors can not only admire the rich collection of plants, but also exhibitions that are held periodically. For example, in 2004 there was an exhibition of works of glass, which for eight months had been visited by 425,000 people. And in 2013 took place an impressive green sculpture exhibition «Imaginary Worlds».
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Red landscape. Min Klementiev stone painting

Min Klementiev stone painting
By cutting and polishing variegated stones, such as jasper, marble, porphyry, and layered chalcedony or agate, master stone-cutters reveal the amazing world inhabited by real and fantastic images of bizarre lines and spots. Lilac winter morning and red autumn sunset, blue silhouettes of snow-capped mountains and olive expanses of the steppes. Russian artist Min Klementiev from an early age loved the beauty of a polished stone. Original compositions, images, stories were constantly before his eyes. Gradually, the idea to create a painting of the stone from the beginning to the end by himself captivated him.
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