The theme of this work is the loss of nature. Nature is reduced to isolated islands within a man-made artificial environment. During the painting process, the nearly completed landscape painting of jungle-like floral structures was overprinted with magenta. Doing so, I destroyed the original work. This color reflects an artificial environment and contrasts well with the green colors of nature, which seems to be covered underneath. Only some circular patches are left. Many ideas from the original got lost. Similar to what is happening in real nature, genetic data is lost once the jungle is destroyed. Overpainting is irreversible. Here, you might get a window into what is covered. The ongoing man-made mass extinction is fixed on canvas and therefore focused on a few points in this painting
Artifically Fragmented Nature, 2015, Oil on Canvas, 90 x 190 cm
