The Only Tree
Nadav Parazenchevski (FineArc)
Semi-constrained Lichtenberg figures on scavenged and upcycled wood, finished in deck oil. This striking wood engraving transforms natural grain and burn-marked channels into a landscape-like abstraction. Dark branching lines sweep horizontally across the warm timber surface, creating a meditative balance between drawing, texture, and material presence. The work’s organic rhythm and restrained palette give it a contemporary, contemplative appeal. I have busted my head a thousand times on the question of why this particular tree came out so… straight? I do have a plethora of hypotheses, but zero ways of verifying them. There is something cool and unique about the determined, borderline-violent flow of this piece. This is also the one piece I suspect I’ll never recreate perfectly, because I have absolutely no true idea how it was made.
Nadav Parazenchevski (FineArc)
An autodidactic research artist developing a unique artistic medium based on the Lichtenberg Figures phenomena - fractal dielectric breaking of materials in high voltage current. In his work he turns electric resistance into a brush and creates a complex dialogue between the raw forces of nature and the human capacity to instill intention and meaning, a perception formed along a decade of experimentation and inspired by his experience in dog training and preschool education - to form a framework of boundaries allowing freedom within. The method's evolution focuses on the interactions between control and submission, wherein from year to year, he moves from enforcing his will on the material into listening to it, thus tempting them into forging images, textures and shapes involving scientific, natural and narrative contents, from the resolution of the sub atomic to the cognitive, using scavenged materials, while evolving the technique to a rich, high contrast and vibrant visual language Http://FineArt.Art
An autodidactic research artist developing a unique artistic medium based on the Lichtenberg Figures phenomena - fractal dielectric breaking of materials in high voltage current. In his work he turns electric resistance into a brush and creates a complex dialogue between the raw forces of nature and the human capacity to instill intention and meaning, a perception formed along a decade of experimentation and inspired by his experience in dog training and preschool education - to form a framework of boundaries allowing freedom within. The method's evolution focuses on the interactions between control and submission, wherein from year to year, he moves from enforcing his will on the material into listening to it, thus tempting them into forging images, textures and shapes involving scientific, natural and narrative contents, from the resolution of the sub atomic to the cognitive, using scavenged materials, while evolving the technique to a rich, high contrast and vibrant visual language Http://FineArt.Art
