These artworks are part of the Sustain series. To connect the themes in my project to the history of American vegetable gardening, especially the WWII era victory gardens, where Americans grew 60% of their produce during the war, Ivana creates artworks with a vintage aesthetic. She wants to evoke a sense of nostalgia for a time when more people grew food in the backyard and community gardens. Ivana innovated a technique using mixed media and digital photography image transfer on aluminum to create these unique artworks in warm tones that recall the historic tintype process. Subtle inclusions of the contemporary urban environment connect us from our past to our present and the artworks highlight a means to a more sustainable future. To learn more click here to read the full artist statement
Nurturing Berry Love
Nurturing Berry Love
Have you held a sun-warmed strawberry from your garden and felt your heart swell with affection for the plants that feed you? This artwork expresses that tender joy, showing the gentle love that grows between gardener and garden. In this artwork Ivana cradles a single strawberry in her hands shaped into a heart, offering this small gift to you the with reverence. The vintage sepia tones soften the scene, creating a dreamlike quality that elevates the simple act into something sacred. Can you imagine the feeling of pride while holding the smooth berry in your fingertips? On the right and left strawberry plants with their serrated leaves grow in containers, promising more fruit to come. The weathered edges of this handmade tintype add a timeless quality, suggesting that this loving relationship between people and plants has existed for generations. This is the tender connection that comes from recognizing that the love you give your garden returns to you multiplied.
Envision this tender artwork in your bedroom or kitchen, where it reminds you that growing food is an act of love. When your guests see it, they'll pause and reflect on their own relationships with their gardens or the care that goes into nurturing living things. It sparks conversations about the emotional rewards of gardening and how tending plants teaches you about giving and receiving care. This artwork celebrates the tender joy you experience when you recognize that your garden loves you back through the nourishment it provides.
““Nurturing Berry Love” is the photograph I made of the first ripe strawberry I successfully grew in my garden! I wanted to echo the symbolic shape of the heart in my tender gesture to show it off because it takes love and care to grow a new plant in the garden.”
This signed and numbered limited edition mixed media 8" x10" artwork is part of the Sustain series, created with archival materials for lasting beauty. It is coated in an UV light protection spray. Only 20 will ever be handmade by Ivana. Due to the handmade process, expect the edges of the image to vary slightly. The watermark is only for internet display and will not be on your art. There is a slight surface texture which results in small highlights when photographed. If you need help to envison how it will look a free digital mockup is available so you can see exactly how it will look in your space before adding it to your collection. Contact Ivana for this service.
Currently no. 1/20 is available for you to enjoy.
