The painting is based on a nature area here in Northern Sweden: Arboretum Norr, Baggböle in Umeå.

North and south of Baggböle just outside the center of Umeå is Arboretum Norr, a forest garden with about 2800 different trees and shrubs. The area is beautifully situated with deciduous forest-covered slopes down towards a river on the north bank of the Umeälven River.

This is the place that I have visit, take inspiration from and collected pigments from. I have made colors from the soil and sand around the area and used them in the first flowing layer of paint in this painting. I have found fallen leaves that I have printed on the canvas and from a fireplace I have used ash and charcoal from birch wood.

ABOUT THE PAINTING

• Size 73x60 cm
• Painted on cotton canvas that is primed with a transparent primer to preserve the canvas's raw, natural surface and structure.
• Pendant on the back
• Signed on front and back
• Certificate of authenticity included with description of all colors and pigments included
• Finished with a plant-based varnish that protects the painting against UV rays and enhances and preserves the colors.

Painted with:
- Soil picked from Baggböle, an nature area just outside of Umeå
- Sand from the area that I've used as texture for the background
- Coal and ash from fireplace
- Acrylic paint
- Details with oil pastel

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