Forever Autumn III

Forever Autumn Plexi Glass Sculpture / K.Champion Art

Forever Autumn: This plexi-glass sculpture, in true form to the tile seems to trap the autumn colors of Colorado into a crystallized permanent sate of beauty. Each leaf is its own unique piece of art in its single form. Each leaf gets special attention to the aesthetics, the color placement, and design. In each leaf I treat, it needs to be able to stand alone as a masterpiece in its own rite. Once each piece is molded, I perform the tedious task of placing them together in a puzzle-piece-like-fashion never knowing the final outcome. This has proven time and again to be the most strenuous and anxiety-ridden part to play in its birth. In a way I assume the role of Mother Nature, creating in my own riotous mind through a long a painful process, a beautiful creation that is now a part of me and a child of my mind. Representative of the aw-inspiring colors and shapes in nature I find my true inspiration here.

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