
Cruz Jimenez
Elder, 2004
Oil and encaustic on canvas
122.0 x 91.0 cm
In the verdant, mossy undergrowth of the New Zealand bush landscape, ideas of discovery and a sense of wonder at the small miracles to be found in nature serve as...
In the verdant, mossy undergrowth of the New Zealand bush landscape, ideas of discovery and a sense of wonder at the small miracles to be found in nature serve as a metaphor for the artist’s exploration of the unfamiliar. Small worlds rise unexpectedly from the gloom to dazzle the observant wanderer, offering fruits as gifts to the intrepid.Jimenez has melded the images from the living environment with childhood ideas of the forest as the setting for an adventure, with the overwhelming sense of being lost inside a fairytale world - fraught with danger, but saturated with wonder.
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