David Morrison is a Council Bluffs, Iowa-born artist specializing in hyperrealistic drawings. He is fascinated by nature, mainly buds, leaves, fallen tree branches, and trunks, and uses his talent to photorealistic depictions of them.
My drawings of tree branches and trunks embrace nature. I love the springtime when there are eruptive explosions of buds with new leaves and berries. I am seduced by the sensual shape and color of the buds protruding from the branches. I love the firecracker explosion of the red and yellow berries of the crabapple. My drawings capture a moment of this existence. I am also fascinated with fallen tree branches with their scarification left by diseases, infestation, decomposition and storm damage. My drawings capture the degeneration cycle of plant materials and how they echo the living conditions of man and nature. I am interested in capturing the reality of their existence, with all the imperfections, echoing their fragile existence in nature, not an idealized beautification of nature like botanical illustrations.
David Morrison
More info: Instagram (h/t: Garvey | Simon Gallery).
