Description
In this painting, Victoria amazonica is not presented merely as a botanical wonder, but as part of a complex and vulnerable ecosystem.
Its leaves can grow to an extraordinary size, while the flower undergoes a rapid transformation:
it opens white on the first night and turns pink on the second.
In the painting, the flower emerges from the water without being separated from the forest, the reflections, and the surrounding vegetation.
The work belongs to the series Amazonia. Indigenous Stories, through which I explore the relationship between natural beauty, memory, and responsibility.
Water pollution, deforestation, and the alteration of ecosystems threaten the environments in which this species grows.
Victoria amazonica invites us to look at the flower, but also at everything that allows it to exist.
