Rift
The fracture forms the semblance of an ‘arched’ construction. The fracture area is intensely red, highlighting the edges, chips and torn fibres of the wood, turning them into a kind of ‘sculptural form’. This focus on the broken area emphasises the dramatic moment of the fall, in an artistic way, shifting attention from the destruction to the plasticity of the form itself.
The sandy colour stain extends to the ground, ‘flooding’ the space at the base of the tree, which expands the area of the composition and enhances the effect of ‘drawing’ the form: not only the trunk itself, but also the environment around it is immersed in colour.
New optics: from ‘everyday life’ to ‘sculpture’ - a fallen tree - an ordinary element of the landscape, which in the forest we may not even notice, becomes the central object, where every detail is part of an artistic composition with a unique ‘architecture’ of shapes and lines.
Contrasting colours create a ‘micro-surrealism’ effect, introducing an unexpected palette into the natural landscape. This makes us look at nature and its details in a different way, with a ‘fresh eye’: the texture of the bark, the direction of branches, the play of light - all this enhances the feeling of ‘pictorial intervention’ in the natural order, creating a completely different perception of a familiar space.