Marie

Marie. 2021. Painted plaster and ceramic. Life size.

The work was inspired by the 18th century French hairstyle and the IUCN red list of threatened species. Animals and flowers presented in the work are painted as close to reality as possible. The work is about the loss of biodiversity.

In Marie’s hair can be found threatened/common flowers found in the nature and gardens and also flowers created by artist’s imagination.

Animals in the work: European eel (EN), Mandarin duck (LC), Guam kingfisher (EW), Reticulate collared lizard (VU), Golden poison frog (EN), Burmese python (VU), Scarse copper (LC) and Violet copper (EN).

Marie was painted under the guidance of Maria Laine (visual artist from Lahti). Pictures by Jussi Huotari.

Clay Marie and some silicon for difficult spots
Making lines for a plaster mold
Finished mold
Mold was too thick but just some extra work
Almost finished eel. Marie’s skin is lightly painted.
Coloring the hair and adding first ceramic flowers
The artist and the work from the bird eye view
Maria Laine, my teacher in oil painting technique