Pink and Green: 36 views of Kamiyama

a piece from the Pink & Green collection

Acrylic Mural, and 39 oil paintings on panel, 2003

Nature, that is the physical world that surrounds us, is an overwhelming concept for us as humans, especially because we are so physically small compared with our surroundings. In our contemporary world, we contain nature in many ways, one of which is to collect and enjoy inexpensive, mass-produced consumer goods that are scaled to us as humans: electronics, toys, etc. We allow ourselves to be seduced by these cute, small, man-made objects even as we environmentally ruin the majesty of our surroundings to create them.

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