Art from Vienna - Spiranthes spiralis 1 - Autumn Lady's Nest (110 x 60)

110 x 60 cm

Acrylic on canvas, sealed.

The first painting of the autumn lady's-tresses orchid was created in 2021. I dedicated two paintings to this species, as it fascinated me greatly. This smallest and most delicate orchid species blooms in autumn in the Danube-Auen National Park and was created as a conservation image for the species as part of my nature conservation art project. A total of 26 orchid paintings were created as part of the project "The Orchids of the Danube-Auen National Park," on which I worked from autumn 2020 to autumn 2023.

The small, delicate white flowers of the autumn orchid climb up into a colorful, abstract background and shine out from it.

The artwork measures 110 cm in height (length) and 60 cm in width. The sealed acrylic painting is mounted on a individually tailored, in available in art supply stores Stretched on a stretcher frame (approximately 1.8 cm thick).

The size of the painting makes it ideal as a main picture in a medium-sized room, office, waiting room, etc., which will make it cheerful and elegant and liven it up.

I am increasingly using more environmentally friendly paints and materials.

I frame, prime, and undercoat many of my works myself, including this one. I skip the intermediate step of sanding the canvases, which means the painting is virtually impossible to forge, as the tiny, subtle ridges of the canvas's texture cannot be replicated. For me, these ridges represent an artistic fingerprint! In everyday viewing of the painting, these small bumps are not noticeable.