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Nature Series Ten | John Gurbacs | Original Oil Painting
Nature Series Ten | John Gurbacs | Original Oil Painting
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Original oil painting by John Gurbacs · Available at Marcolina's Fine Arts Gallery, Tampa, Florida · Ships worldwide
A young leaf is still furling at the center of this one, actually coiling, not just overlapping the leaves around it. That's the real difference from the artist's other close foliage studies, most build outward from a fan or a tangle. This one turns.
Cooler colors throughout, teal and jade doing most of the work, with near-black and deep red-purple leaves on the left for contrast. One teal leaf on the right edge catches enough light it almost looks lit from inside.
| Artist | John Gurbacs |
| Medium | Oil on Canvas, Framed |
| Dimensions | 18 x 24 in |
| Certificate | Certificate of Authenticity included |
| Shipping | Ships worldwide with full insurance |
| Payment | Payment plans available |
Collector's Note
The only true spiral among the artist's foliage studies, a young leaf still coiling at the center rather than simply overlapping the leaves around it.
Acquisition
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"We can see that the branches of a tree are similar in form to a bolt of lightning, or that rings of Saturn resemble the rings of water in a puddle. Yet they exist separately in time, space, and scale. There exists an order of continuity throughout the different realms."
John Gurbacs
About the Artist
John Gurbacs is a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow with over fifty years of continuous practice exploring the fractal geometry hidden inside nature, the recurring patterns that connect a tree branch to a bolt of lightning, or the rings of Saturn to the rings of water in a puddle.
His process begins in the field. He photographs construction debris, tropical foliage, microscopic patterns, and underwater scenes, then builds collages until a connection reveals itself between forms and scales. From there he draws, then paints, some pieces taking months to complete.
His work sits in the permanent collections of the Tampa Museum of Art, the Leepa Rattner Museum of Art, the Polk Museum of Art, and the USF Contemporary Art Museum, along with commissions for Tampa General Hospital, Holland and Knight, Tampa Electric, and the Volusia County Courthouse. He has completed five major public murals across Florida, including the Sulphur Springs Mural, the largest of his career.
