This far descendant from the Jurassic, the King Penguin, has mastered the art of flying in the water. It is painted in its natural habitat, Antarctica. The colours and the streamlining are astonishing. My personal ode to this bird.
Bibliography
Kruf, J. (2023) King Penguin [fine art print]. Breda: Private collection.
I found this Boletus edulis (penny bun, cèpe de Bordeaux, porcino, panza, Steinpilz, Herrenpilz, eekhoorntjesbrood) in the forest near my home. What a beauty. I gave it my personal touch. The colours are expressing the essence of nature. I printed and framed it for my grandchildren’s room.
This mushroom lives in close harmony (symbiosis!) with the roots of trees. It gives nitrogen and other nutrients to the roots and gets fixed carbon in return. With this building material, it can expand its network.
Bibliography
Kruf, J. (2023) Boletus in Forest [fine art print]. Breda: Personal collection.
This oak autumn leaf (Quercus robur L.) contains the wisdom of the logistics in the empire of the sun. It is the place in the forest ecosystem where, from photosynthesis, sugars (as essential building materials) are produced and transported downwards to the stem and roots. This autumn leaf highlights in colours the structure and importance of the network.
Bibliography
Kruf, J. (2023) Oak Autumn Leaf [fine art print]. Breda: Private collection.
In the deep black forest, this mushroom (Coprinus comatus, shaggy ink cap, geschubde inktzwam) shows its fortitude in a pristine and unique colour palette. It is one of the icons of the immense trade system underground between trees and fungi, where sugars and minerals are negotiated and exchanged. This mushroom is a metaphor for exchange as at the market index.
Bibliography
Kruf, J. (2019) Mushroom in Forest [fine art print]. Breda: Private collection.
Can you imagine a home? And have it at your home? The once pristine Ant-Arctic, I tried to. Home as a public value. Home as a stable, resilient and flourishing ecosystem. Framed. You know, to maintain it would be great. It would be respectful. At least.
Bibliography
Kruf, J. (2023) Home Ant-Arctic [fine art print]. Breda: Private collection.
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