Unity
For this composition I wanted to focus on the patterns that I think are easy to see in all instances of ferns. I found that patterns I was drawn to was the curve of the fern unfurling and the repetition of the leaves that eventually creates the shape of the fern. While these are two separate pattern, together they create one fern. So I decided that while showing them apart in the composition, by using the same color, the viewer would understand that these are meant to be a single object. To show the unity of the leave pattern I copy and pasted the same leaf to make a larger frond, and than copied that frond along the right hand side of the piece pointing to the curved line that represents how they would occur together in nature. I think that the representation was successful for me, because I have grown up looking at ferns and their shapes. But I am unsure how viewers unacquainted with the subject will view the piece.
