Via site feedSculpture by Claude Lalanne.
Lasting Impressions
This is but one of several beautiful works by Dixie Biggs with a ginkgo motif.
Door Pottery Crystalline Ginkgo Slender Vase
From eBay.
Gentle Ginkgo
Etching by artist Ana Dora.
Gingko Tree
Collage and acrylic on panel by Susan Weil.
Ginkgo Leaves
Painting by artist Wendy Brockman.
(It was this painting that first gave me the idea for Ginkgo Dreams.)
Ginkgo
Acrylic and ginkgo leaves with resin on canvas, by artist Melissa Wagner.
Indoor Gingko Leaf Mural
Ginkgo mural by artist Nancy Ostrovsky.
Ginkgo Biloba Bench
Ginkgo Biloba Bench, by artist Rodney Carroll. Located at Kids Together Park in Baltimore, MD, USA.
The Lighthouse screen
Originally designed by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the Glasgow Herald, The Lighthouse in Glasgow, Scotland now houses Scotland’s Centre for Architecture, Design and the City. Here, ginkgo leaves become words in the four-story glass screen designed by artist Alexander Beleschenko:
In Rennie Mackintosh’s first public building Alex Beleschenko’s glass panel repeats the words of a speech delivered by Mackintosh over a century ago. Beleschenko inserts another surface of Mackintosh into the building, another facet of his vision. It is a coded and hidden dimension: a text written for a voice translated into image. Mackintosh’s words are changed, a leaf for a letter, into a screen of unfurling and rotating gingko leaves. It is a contemporary manifestation of the art nouveau preoccupations with embellished typography and the interlacing of the architectural and the organic. Taken from a facsimile of Mackintosh’s notes, the transcription reiterates all the ellipses, odd words and misspellings of the original: here a stem at a 45 degree angle ought to be at 5 degrees; there a leaf turned through ninety degrees is missing. The prehistoric gingko is an apt tree for a puzzle: it uniquely occupies its own personal species, being neither properly deciduous nor coniferous. [text by Shirley MacWilliam]
Golden ginkgo vessel
Earthenware vessel by Jeffrey Patterson.
Bleached Ginko
Chalk on painted wall by Benicia Gantner.
Ginkgo Vase
Celadon-glazed ginkgo vase by Cynthia M. Guajardo.
Ginkgo Leaves
I recently highlighted another Jacques Hnizdovsky print. Mira Hnizdovsky (who may be related to the artist, but I have not been able to confirm) tipped me off to this, a linocut, which I like even better. You can read more about the artist here.
Crows in a Ginkgo Tree
I picked up Crows in a Ginkgo Tree by artist Jeri Pierson on eBay recently. It’s small—2½ inches x 3½ inches—thus increasing its inherent cuteness.
I plan to display it in my office.
You can see more of Pierson’s work on eBay.
Nature’s Legacy
Sculpture by Stephanie Sailer, located on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa. Photo by Matt Kollasch.
Ginkgo Bowl Pyrography
Art work by Jenny Bush. This is but one of four pieces with a ginkgo motif.
Spring ginkgo Asian crest miniature scroll
Original art work by Linda M. Olszanski. From eBay.
Jacques Hnizdovsky Ginkgo Print
From eBay.
Miniature Arts and Craft pottery
From eBay.
Ginkgo
I like Harry McDaniel’s piece called Ginkgo both because it’s unusual and because of how it fits into its space. Mr. McDaniel says:
I created Ginkgo to fit an unusual architectural space. The home has a combined living room, dining room, and kitchen with a 24’ cathedral ceiling. A 10’ X 10’ atrium extends upward from the center of the cathedral ceiling to a 32’ ceiling directly over the dining room table.
Since the view is primarily upward, I oriented the pieces horizontally. The tensioned cords of each piece create a sense of surface, while allowing viewers to see through to the next piece. The cords create a variety of patterns and shadows as the pieces rotate. From the center of each piece a brushed aluminum vane extends downward catching air movement and reflecting light.
The bottom piece provides a focal point and a measure of the movement of the upper pieces. It is constructed of cherry and brushed aluminum like the upper pieces and it contains curves relating to the curved aluminum vanes of the upper pieces, yet it is a very different, contrasting form.
You can find more photos at Mr. McDaniel’s web site.
Carved Ginkgo Leaves
Chip-carved plate from John Sorrells.
Gingko Leaf
Wire sculpture by Elizabeth Berrien.
Gingko Tree
Copper wall sculpture from the Andy Brinkley Studio.
Ginkgo Leaves
Wood and copper box by Jeffrey Seaton and Katrina Seaton.
African bubinga wood box with a lid of cocobolo and a patinated copper repoussé ginkgo leaf panel, attached with 14K gold-plated bolts. Patina finish will vary. Box has suede on base and interior and is highly hand polished with oil and wax. Signed inside lid.
Arboreal Imprints
“Arboreal Imprints” is an installation featuring sandblasted prose and visual imagery in the library’s granite plaza, foyer and exterior benches. Using the tree as a metaphor for knowledge, the prose and artwork weave historic and native trees of Issaquah into the surface of six 7ft benches, the granite walkway and the library lobby entry floor.
Pam Beyette, artist.
Ginko Ricko
Limited edition fine art print by Ann Telizcan.
Two Ginkgos
Limited edition archival print by Todd Marsee.
Golden Ginko
Hand-painted crystal glass, created by Archelan.
Gingko
Joan Glase, limited edition photograph and neon.
Maidenhair Tree Panel
Stained glass from Tashiro Stained and Leaded Glass Studio.
Forever Ginkgo
Artist, Bettinardi Graziella. Oil painting reproduction available from Master Works Art Gallery.
308 Yellow Ginkgo
By artist Rosemary Luckett. Seen at Touchstone Gallery.
Sculptural Wall Relief
Sculptural wall reliefs with sterling silver hanger and gingko pendant. One of a kind branch elements, handmade paper with real gingko leaves embedded or collagraph printed. Also available without jewelry component.
Available from Widgeon Cove Studios.
Ginkgo in Autumn
Lithograph available from Anita Munman 20th Century Fine Art.
Moorcroft plate
Moorcroft plate, Macintyre, decorated with gingko leaves, once for sale at Treadway Gallery.
Quiet Winds Arouse the Gingko
Ginkgo Pattern
By Liisa Reid of Laughing Brook Pottery.
Gingko Prince
By Kat Winters, in sterling silver and bronze.
“Gingko Meets Palms - Heike Strobel “Rips Off” Lori Rase Hall”
Watercolor by Heike Strobel.
Ginkgo Bowls
Ginkgo bowls from Glasblæseriet v. Bente Sonne.
Marjorie King Studio
Ginkgo Dreams is usually all about the ginkgo, but you may like some of the other amazing pieces available from Marjorie King Studio.
Gilbert and George: The Ginkgo Pictures Series
The British Pavilion of the 51st Venice Biennale is currently exhibiting a series of pictures from artists Gilbert & George:
Gilbert & George have collected images of flowers and plants for many years, and trees, branches and tree blossoms have appeared in their work from an early stage. In the new pictures for Venice, leaves from Ginkgo biloba trees collected in Gramercy Park, New York, provide both a point of departure and recurring motif. No longer a rare species, today the ginkgo tree adorns avenues and parks throughout the world and can be found in the streets close to the home of Gilbert & George in east London. The tree is an object of veneration in the Far East, where it is associated with longevity and reputed to have miraculous powers, and these extraordinary properties act as a metaphor for the vital life-force which runs throughout the group of twenty-five pictures. The leaf divides into two, and this is reflected in the halving and doubling of imagery in the Ginkgo Pictures, with the predominance of the rich golden yellow in many of the pictures synonymous with the colour the leaves turn in the autumn months. The double image of the leaf and the symmetry of the pictorial compositions are in turn mirrored in the installation of the twenty-five pictures in the six galleries of the British Pavilion.
The full series is available for download here.