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Oma Forest
Oma forest (“Bosque de Oma” in Spanish) is a work of art created by Agustin Ibarrola, a Basque sculptor and painter. It was painted between 1982 and 1985. The work is located in northern Spain, in a forest near Kortezubi (Bizkaia, Basque Country), in the natural reserve of Urdaibai. It’s located very close to the Santimamiñe cave. It is also known as the "painted forest," or “Bosque Animado” which means “animated forest” in Spanish. The work is considered part of the Land Art movement. Most of the trees are Monterey pines. The projects aims to display the horrible and ghastly harmony between nature and human presence by painting on the trunks of trees, human figures, animals and geometric shapes, some of which are visible only from certain positions. Agustin Ibarrola was inspired by the cave art in the nearby Santimamiñe caves, and he wanted to paint on natural structures with the same technique that cave people used to paint on natural rock formations. Reloca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosque De Oma (10)
A bosque ( ) is a type of gallery forest habitat found along the riparian flood plains of stream and river banks in the southwestern United States. It derives its name from the Spanish language, Spanish word for 'wikt:bosque, woodlands'. Setting In the predominantly arid or semi-arid southwestern United States, a bosque is an oasis-like ribbon of green vegetation, often Canopy (forest), canopied, that only exists near rivers, streams, or other water courses. The most notable bosque is the -long ecosystem along Rio Grande Valley (New Mexico), the valley of the middle Rio Grande in New Mexico that extends from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe south to El Paso, Texas. One of the most famous and ecologically intact sections of the bosque is included in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Flora and fauna Common trees in the bosque habitat include mesquite, Populus sect. Aigeiros, cottonwood, Chilopsis, desert willow, and Forestiera pubescens, desert olive. Because th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
