Eye of kingfisher

Petra shows the outer beauty and wonderful mathematics of nature and removes restrictions of scale and materiality from her subject matter by transferring it to the digital world. With a great eye for detail, she makes a three-dimensional drawing, composed of a grid of vectors and colors of the chosen subject. This digital grid then forms the basis for a play of lines which shows the digital, vector interpretation of the natural phenomenon in materials such as wood, aluminum, metal or silk, in combination with a sample of colors that the original once possessed.

This work of art is cut into aluminium and finished in a night blue powder coat. Partly due to the change of light during the day and because the artwork hangs 1 cm from the wall, it is a dynamic work of art.

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PETRA HART
Eye of kingfisher
2018
210x150 cm
Unique
 

Eye of kingfisher is about the ever-changing light. While the sun (or Earth) revolves drop shadow changes to different shades. In morning the shade is light gray and during the day it’s getting darker and darker. During twilight, when sun is up to 6 degrees below the horizon, the shade changes to a blue purplish hue. When the sun drops further to 12 degrees and the nautical twilight occurs, the drop shadow becomes dark gray. At astronomical twilight, when the geometric center of the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, the shadow is almost black.

Remarkable about the kingfisher is that he prefers to live in shady areas, where he is not hindered by reflection of light when hunting. He has a predominantly blue color, with iridescent feathers on head and wings and his belly side is warm orange colored as if at certain times of the day in certain sunlight he can always look different for his prey. The work of art is part of the art series Treasures of nature. More information