(ENG)
This is my original artwork.
"Insect-pollinated Flower"
Mixed Media,45.5x53cm,2022
Insect-pollinated flowers are flowers that allow insects to carry pollen. The characteristics of insect-pollinated flowers are that they are showy, have a nice fragrance, and produce nectar. These characteristics of insect-pollinated flowers are, of course, to attract nectar. It is said that insect-pollinated flowers are the more evolved form of flowers.
In contrast, there is also a flower known as the wind-pollinated flower. These flowers are plain and have no sweet fragrance or nectar, and they carry a large amount of pollen in the wind.
Flowers classified as insect-pollinated flowers include roses, azaleas, and dandelions. Many of these flowers are often conspicuous. Flowers classified as wind-pollinated flowers include cedar and cypress. They also cause hay fever.
In this painting, I painted a picture that is as flamboyant and gorgeous as possible, and imagined the insect-pollinated flowers that are waiting for insects at any moment.
Akiko Yada's exhibition "If you get an inspiration"
Date: January 18 (Wed.) - 24 (Tue.), 2023, 9:30 - 18:00 (until 14:30 on the last day)
Venue: Tomita Gallery ANNEX in Galleria Reino main store
(11-46, Kaminobori-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, at the corner of the signal intersection in front of Noborimachi Junior High School)
*For access, contact information, and other details, please visit https://reino-shop.com/.
(JPN)
これは私が創った作品です。
「虫媒花」
ミクストメディア、45.5x53cm、2022
虫媒花というのは、虫に花粉を運ばせる花のことで、虫媒花の特徴として花が派手で、良い香りをさせて、蜜を出します。このような特徴があるのはもちろん蜜を引き寄せるためですね。虫媒花の方が花として進化した形だと言われています。
これに対して、風媒花と言われる花もあります。こちらは花が地味で甘い香りも蜜もなく、花粉を大量に飛ばして風にのって花粉が運ばれます。
虫媒花に分類される花は、バラとかツツジとかタンポポなど。よく目立つ花が多いです。風媒花に分類される花は、スギやヒノキなど。花粉症の原因にもなっています。
この絵では思い切り派手で華やかな絵を描いて、今にも虫を待っているという虫媒花の様子を想像して描きました。
矢田明子展「ひらめいたら」
日時:2023年1月18日(水)~24日(火)9:30~18:00(最終日14:30まで)
会場:ガレリア・レイノ本店内 トミタ画廊ANNEX
(広島県広島市中区上幟町11-46 幟町中学校前信号交差点角)
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