Collection: BRANDY KRAFT

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Brandy Kraft on her process

'Humanity is destroying our planet. This devastation has inspired me to preserve nature. I started by painting flowers - thousands of flowers in all their stages - life and decay. I sought to preserve its beauty and prevent its extinction. Then, in both my subconscious and in my dreams, I saw visions of species that did not exist. Non-existent flora. I began to paint these odd hybrids and realized that I was not only creating new species of flora but that I was building a whole new world of my own. Flower by flower, leaf by leaf. Equally inspired by Sweden's nature and one of its most famous scientists, I left my life in New York City to move back to Sweden. Now I follow in Carl von Linné's footsteps by naming and officially documenting each new hybrid species I create. I am building a new, magical hybrid world and this is just the beginning...'