Gregory Euclide produces these miniature landscapes with complex detail using graphite, acrylic and ink in traditional landscape painting fused with found plastic bags, foam, pinecones, sage, moss and paper. The elements are encased environments illustrating their vulnerability where words like wilderness, natural and sustainability come to mind. Euclide’s work is on show at the Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA until 11th May 2013, definitely worth a visit if your in town. The black and white paintings also featured here were produced by Euclide while he taught at Minnesota River Valley School. Using Japanese Sumi ink, whiteboard erasers, paper towels, spray bottles, brushes and any other objects he could find lying around in the classroom, he would create directly onto whiteboards only to casually erase them away at the end of the day. The students were so affected when he erased the beautiful creations that Euclide decided to release a series of prints of the temporary ink designs. “In our culture, there is a strong emphasis on reproduction and the original seems less important,” says Euclide.  Euclide relates this concept to societyʼs impact on the natural world by stating, “When people get to know nature and spend time in it, they start to realize how their actions affect it.”

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