Gunnera Magellanica (Tinctoria)

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“Gunnera Magellanica”, (Tinctoria) 18”x24”, oil on canvas with water slide decals. The story of theirs plant is applied around the boarder and explains its origination.

This painting is a close up of a field smothered in with this very large leafed plant. The plant is endemic to to South America. It is used in South American culinary dishes. The stems are used in stews, the leaves are used to cover earthen baked dishes to smolder and cook with.

The plants name originated when the ship Endeavor, sent on a mission with Captain James Cook. Joseph Banks, along with Danial Solander and artist Sydney Parkinson, discovered this plant on their stop ion Southern South America. The name of this plant was given in honor of the Norwegian botanist Bishop Johan Ernst Gunnerus(1718-1773. Parkinson’s chief job was to record the findings as they traveled the southern hemisphere.

This image is part of a piece created as an artist resident for the University of Minnesota. It focuses of their rare plant collection and E.O. Wilson, Professor Emeritus and Curator in Entomology Harvard. ‘

Additional Information

Moments of the day became my friend, fast yet changing, yielding to the temporal, delicate light in my rooms, I started to ponder and “ruminate”. A frozen world of my own personal feelings evolved and pooled within, contemplating the world, politics, trends etc. Hunger for life, color, freedom, tribal connection, love, growth, positivity, abundance and happiness swirled in my thoughts.

The paintings in this show represent how I spent my time during the pandemic.

Focus was undeniably easy. Everything seemed to have an undisturbed awkward presence in my holed up world. I started to feel grateful and thankful for the smaller things that were givens, like the sunlight and the everyday things that surround me. The kitchen, the light dancing over my counter of daily sundry chach, kept me innately focused on its new beauty. It somehow seemed very satisfying, somewhat beautiful, and a definite path away from the daily scourge of the current politics and sickness.

Light heals.

Materials and Medium

Oil on Canvas