Description
‘Botanic Planet’ by Caia Koopman
Artist: Caia Koopman
Title: ‘Botanic Planet’
Medium: Acrylic on wood panel
Dimensions: 20″ x 16″
Framing: Framed (frame size: 21″ x 17″)
Year of Creation: 2022
About the Artwork:
“For this piece I was inspired by something I’m not normally drawn to, it’s got a bit of scientific illustration flavor to it. With the idea that we as humans are just one element in the picture and not the ones always holding the lens necessarily. The white-lined sphinx moth in the upper right is my absolute favorite moth and an important pollinator here in Califonia. The chickadee may, or may not, be cussing us out.” – Caia Koopman
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Caia is a California native with a BA from UCSC where she majored in fine art. She mostly works in acrylics on wood panels but is also interested in mural painting. Caia’s figures are intentionally situated in colorful dreamlike worlds of their own making. A staunch devotee to environmentalism, and second-generation conservationist, loving the environment and acutely aware that humanity is dangling our planet over a dangerous flame of pollution and misuse, nature is woven into the fabric of her images and there is a connectedness between her figures and their environment.