This is not a tornado in America, as it may seem at first glance, but a miniature stainless steel, wool, cotton, grass and moss artist Matthew Albanese.
Albeneze began to make his paintings in 2008. “Once I spilled pepper. When he started to clean up, I thought, what it looks like Mars …”:
This prairie is made of artificial fur, wool and powder for tiles:
To create realistic images of the plains and the grass in the wind, Matthew enjoys a fan:
And this is how clouds are made:
The Arctic landscape from 20 pounds of sugar, jelly, and corn syrup. Crystals grown in the studio for two months:
The volcano is made of grout for tile, wool and ink, and illuminated from the inside:
Northern Lights was made by photographing the color ray that created glare and irregularities in the black curtain. And the star – the holes in it.
This picture is a mixture of different materials: mortar, moss, brush for cleaning bottles. All this was “built” on the glass. Sky – oil painting.
Photos Artist: Matthew Albanese






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