Protective image - Neotinea tridentata - Three-toothed Orchid (85 x 70 cm)

85 x 70 cm

Acrylic on canvas.

The artwork depicting this orchid species was created in 2022. It is one of two Neotinea species that emerged as part of my nature conservation art project "The Orchids of the Danube-Auen National Park".

The delicate, pale pink blossoms of the three-toothed orchid are currently found in only one flowering specimen in the national park. This specimen had not been observed for several years after wild boars had eaten the flowering plant and dug up the area. Great joy was felt when, after several years, the single remaining specimen bloomed again and recovered.

The artwork measures 85 cm in height (length) and 70 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.