The secret life of flowers

by Andrei Maksimjuk · Tallinn, EE

This collage is a work from a series of real collages on canvas, made using the author's collage technique (this is a ruling technique commonly used in the restoration field), exclusively with CANSON paper and presented by the author to the platform, in his last phase of artistic research. This collage took part in the personal exhibition of Andrei Maksimjuk in Hotel Santa Barbara, MIlan, 2019. The artist get inspiration from the CANSON paper colors: Aurora, Conchiglia, Ice Blue, Pearl Gray, Flannel Gray, Caoutchouc, Trianon Gray, Slate Gray, Sky Gray, Light Gray, Smoke Gray, Mottled Gray, Ocean Green, etc. The characters of Andrei Maksimjuk take shape through body language from movements hidden from the naked eye, in their naturalness, sometimes expressing faith, sometimes joy or love, with grace appropriate only to the nature itself.