Forget-me-not PROJECT

Preparation

There is something mystical and beautiful about childhood. The opportunity to lead a life full of excitement, exploration and new experiences. So many breathtaking memories that we get nostalgic about as adults. Isn't it beautiful to believe that toys are real characters that pretend to be inanimate, that magic exists or that the stories we hear or read about really took place?

Those a little closer to the ground who walk on the streets of Dublin, Ireland, may notice tiny little changes as I have decided to take some action. Some secret lives of friendly Irish mammals and amphibians will be temporarily exposed in random places. This little project will bring new inhabitants to the city and hopefully remind some people that we are sharing the ground with some very important and beautiful creatures, even if we don't always see them.

List of small animal characters I would like to exhibit

• Bank vole
• Lesser stag beetle
• Common frog Rana Temporaira
• Scalloped oak moth
• Hedgehog
• Dorcatoma dresdensis beetle

I sketched some ideas in my diary and then developed on the drawings in my A3 art pad. Next I chose the colour palette.

The below image is one of the paintings. It portrays a bank vole and a lesser stag beetle.

There is a risk of not being able to accomplish a satisfying quality of the paintings as they will be placed in somewhat awkward places such as kerbstones as well as being very small in size. Nevertheless I remain positive.