Plants & Art. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015
Got that fun topic “Plants & Art” from Urban Jungle Bloggers for September. I use to participate in the monthly topics as it is fun to see what you can do for a certain topic. This one was hard though.
Art above are a combination of five aquarelles I’ve done and some prints.
Plants & Art. Corokia Cotoneaster, zigzag bush. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015
Why was it hard? Because I normally do not combine plants with art. I simply do not have the space for it or the right light for the plants where the art is. The above two pictures are from my livingroom. Having a plant in that location above would be risky. Could easily be run into and fall to the floor… (or into the sofa).
Aquarelle in the background by me.
Plants & Art Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015
So I faked it. Placed the plants near to the art where the art is. In locations where I would never normally put plants. The above picture and the following are shot in the bedroom. Unfortunately a day with very little light outside so the light for shooting pictures were not as good as I would have wished.
Plants & Art Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015
It was fun though to experiment and see how different combinations turned out. This location is way too dark though for any plant to survive there.
Pictures on the wall are one aquarelle by my father to the right, and a large print to the left that I bought at Ikea decades ago. So far the print has seen three different bedrooms. I want to be able to see it from the bed. The small thing on the wall is a souvenir from Greece, as are the greek ceramic houses and the figure on the shelf.
Plants & art Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015
Some things were better looking than others. The cactus definitely looks better in its regular location in the bedroom window. The small olive tree – just moved inside from the patio – looks OK here though. But too dark for it to survive here. It goes back to the bedroom window.
Plants & art Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015
Plants & Art Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015
Plants & Art Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015
Plants & Art. To the left a Lisa Larsson ceramic dog. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015
It was a fun exercise though. Plants are now back in their regular locations, and so are the various details used in the exercise. I guess this is how professional interior designers work when setting up different looks for a photo shoot.
