Images From Nature, Artwork By Sonja Larsen

‘Images From Nature’, features work from artist Sonja Larsen, created through the process of nature printing, a unique printing method where natural objects are inked and pressed directly to paper. This way of printing creates an image that is rich in detail and beauty, capturing the true form of the subject matter. Many of Larsen’s pieces incorporate imagery of various flowers, leaves, and other botanicals, as well as fish that have been found in the environment around her. Her work is visually organic, but also very minimalistic and peaceful in its beauty, offering a new perspective of these seemingly common objects.

Larsen has been creating nature prints since the late 1980’s, after viewing the Smithsonian SITES traveling exhibition ‘Pressed On Paper’, which was organized in part by the Nature Printing Society. She has studied with two Japanese master fish printers, along with several american nature printers, and was invited to participate in a Gyotaku (Fish Print) exhibition in Japan. She has led multiple nature printing workshops internationally for the Nature Printing Society, and edited the NPS newsletter for 10 years. Her artwork has been published in several books, and she edited the first published book for the Nature Printing Society, “The Art Of Nature Printing”.

Opening March 4, this exhibition will be on display in our gallery through March 26.

This exhibition is funded, in part, by the voters of Minnesota through grants from Five Wings Arts Council and the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

For more information contact Crossing Arts at 218-833-0416, info@crossingarts.org. Our hours are Tuesday – Friday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, and Saturday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Crossing Arts is a 501c3 nonprofit located in the heart of downtown Brainerd at 711 Laurel Street.

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