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How... René Dhombres is doing paintings with plants??


Why is René Dhombres' work so particular ?

First, the plants used : not only leaves, flowers and seeds, but also roots, vegetables' skins, planed wood, seaweeds collected in the sea and dried on the beach...
Then, the final aspect of the result is very close to paintings, and most of people must be very close to the work todiscover this is made of plants ...
Finally, a specific process, kept secret, is necessary to ensure permanent conservation :
Plants are placed in two layers of glass, empty spaces are filled with a transparent resin, All is heated between two layers of glass and then put in a glass frame...
Plants are drying in Phonebooks : René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants
René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants Plants are dried
Some wood : René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants
Dried foil, vegetable skin : René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants
René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants ... and from that, a landscape !
Other examples : René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants Wolves...
Bears... René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants René Dhombres - Painting with dried plants

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