A new 2014 calendar, curated by Aleta Florentin of Amber Lotus Publishing, brings some of the best examples of environmental art all together in one place. This inspiring genre of art beautifully incorporates its natural surroundings in a way that's surprising and oftentimes meaningful. Whether these environmental artists are rearranging natural materials found on a site, like branches and rocks, while leaving no detrimental effect, or are reimagining a landscape by introducing unexpected materials, their overarching goal is the same. They aim to create art that helps improve our relationship with and understanding of the natural world.

For instance, in Lives of Grass by Mathilde Roussel, a work that features two grass covered figurative sculptures, Roussel explores the cyclic metamorphosis that transforms organic matter – whether vegetable, animal or human. As she states, “Time weighs on the body, leaving its trace as an imprint and thus creating an invisible archive of emotions, a mute history of our existence.”

Now, courtesy of Amber Lotus Publishing, here is what you can expect to find inside the 2014 Environmental Art Calendar.

Above: After the Chaos by Bob Verschueren

Spruce and ash trees

Arte Sella, Malga Costa, Italy, 2010

Environmental art uses the natural world to create ecological artwork. Check out more work by these ingenious environmental artists.

Lives of Grass by Mathilde Roussel

Soil, wheat seeds, recycled metal and fabric

Brooklyn, New York, 2010

Listen… by Olga Ziemska

Plaster hand casts and locally reclaimed birch logs

Oronsko, Poland, 2003

Sandworm by Marco Casagrande

Willow and sand

Wenduine, Belgium, 2012

Lonely Tree, Lonely People, The Tree Hugger Project by Agnieszka Gradzik and Wiktor Szostalo

Twigs, branches, vines and other natural materials

Poznan, Poland, 2008

Equilibri by Michael Grab

Balanced stones

Cattolica, Italy, 2012

Rivulet at Parker Creek by Linda Gass

Nylon tulle, fabric

Parker Creek, Mono County, California, 2000

Organic Highway by Mikael Hansen

Sycamore poles

Langeland, Denmark, 1995

Art-Eggcident by Henk Hofstra

Spray paint and synthetic materials

Wilhelmina Square, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 2008

Ancient Language by Andrew Rogers

Stone wall construction

Atacama Desert, Chile, 2004

CDSea by Bruce Munro

Compact discs and limestone

Near Kilmington, England, 2010

Snow Drawings by Sonja Hinrichsen

Snowshoe prints

Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado, 2012



You can purchase the calendar on Amazon, here.

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