Mural - 34th and Osage, Garden City, Idaho - Aug 2022
This mural was funded by a grant from the Conservation Voters of Idaho and sponsored by the Garden City Placemaking Fund and Surel's Place. Vall-eBike provided the wall for this Climate Action Artwalk mural. The Mural was completed during July and August of 2022. The Sun Bear and Moon Bear of the mural design were art nouveau inspired by the great artists from the early 1900's such as Alphonse Mucha and Gustav Klimt. Art nouveau typographic ornamentation inspired the border and lettering [Initialen Von H. De Waroquier]. See the GCPF mural page here: LiveAndLetLive
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Land Art 2023- Idaho Botanical Garden, Boise, Idaho - Nesting
I find land art as another way that I can connect humanity with nature. Open from April 8 - May 6th, this land art exhibition is a celebration of art, nature, and the environment at the Idaho Botanical Garden in Boise. My exhibit "Nesting" was made from natural elements and consisted of 5 types of bird nests that I built. I have an even greater respect for birds, the architects of the natural world. Building nests is not easy. Birds use sticks and wood, hair and string, feathers and lichens, and even mud and spit. The construction of "homes" using these natural botanical materials, beautiful in their own right, into beautiful and utilitarian housing for their young mirrors the human act of creating a home for our families. The installation was executed in the first week of April and open to the public.
Land Art - Idaho Botanical Garden, Boise, Idaho - Mar 2022
This land art exhibition was one of a handful of selected land art installations at the Idaho Botanical Garden in Boise. The exhibit selected art made from all natural elements and meant to degrade with the elements. Titled "Henshin Blooms", the piece was made from bamboo, catalpa pods, sycamore pods, pine cones and jute. The metamorphosis of these natural botanical materials, beautiful in their own right, into a combined piece of art, promotes the practice of looking beyond the typical assumed life of a subject and to explore how it can change with the seasons of its senescence to be useful and just as beautiful in another form. The installation was executed in the early spring before the gardens flower and is a celebration of art in more structural forms.
