Thursday, 5 January 2017

The man who planted trees

I have such many things to do that I have completely forgotten to write something about my personal project on the illustrations for The man who planted trees by Jean Giono! It took me almost 5 months and 2 weeks to finish it (just in time for my admission test in Urbino).

After reading Jean Giono’s book The man who planted trees (1953), I decided to create a series of digital illustrations of the story. In particular, I intentionally masked the protagonist’s features, because I wanted to give the impression that anyone, with a strong will and patience, could do a similar masterpiece. In my interpretation of the text, I especially focused on the following expression (which is also the most known quotation from the book) and its effective meaning:

«When I reflect that one man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, was able to cause this land of Canaan to spring from the wasteland, I am convinced that in spite of everything, humanity is admirable.»

[cit. Jean Giono, The man who planted trees, 1953]



























The man who planted trees

2016

digital painting

various sizes


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