Ed Fairburn is a Welsh artist who's latest series of work involves human faces being juxtaposed with geographical maps. This peice is called Windermere. He is relating the geography of human facial featres with the geography of the planet earth. It symbolizes how united we are with this earth and that we are a product of the landscape. https://www.mikewrightgallery.com/ed-

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Photographer Hugh Arnold captures images of humans emersedin water. Thiswork is called Autour du Monde. He is fascinated by the way being underwater makes one feel reborn in way. It connects back to being in the womb, and reconnects us with our true nature The natural world doesn't just include plants and animals, it encompasses the elements as . What I love how this work relates us to arguably the most significant and beautiful part of nature: water.

http://www.meadcarney.com/exhibitions/33/overview/

Body painter Johannes Stoetter stages photographs like this one by painting his models to either resemble animals, plants, elements, or other aspects of nature. It is unique in that it is joining human beings and the environment in a quite literal way. Almost to say, "we are the same".

http://www.demilked.com/animal-body-art-painting/

This photographic body art is created by Jean-Paul Bourdier. He paints his models and then places them in scenes that both aloow the people to stand out, as well as work together with the landscape in a beautiful way. Again, his work shows a physical connection and partnership between humans and the world around us.

http://weandthecolor.com/bodyscapes-photography-and-body-art-by-jean-paul-bourdier/15715

Matt Wisniewski takes photographs of people and morphs them with images of nature. He wishes to create a harmony between the two that is visibly clear in his peices.

http://chuknum.com/2011/11/12/art-humans-nature-bond/

This sculpture is by Kate Macdowell and is made of porcelain. Through her work, she loves to showcase the link between humans and nature even though she says society attempts to remain as distant as possible from the natural world around us. This piece literally shows a direct connection, grounding us through roots that flow between the human feet and the earth.

http://weburbanist.com/2010/12/23/kate-macdowell-porcelain-explorations-of-humans-and-nature/

Naoko Ito created this sculpture by assembling chopped up peices of branches in various glass bottles and stacking them on eachother to appear as a complete tree branch. The work is meant to symbolize how precious and fragile our earth can be.

http://clubflyersmag.com/naoko-ito-urban-nature-273

http://www.christopherdavidwhite.com/index.php/information/cv

The artist is Dale Kunkel and the painting is called "Dream of Opening Day". HE was raisind on a Farm in Wisconsin and always had a love for the outdoors. He wanted to create wildlife paintings that would allow others to see what he has been blessed to be able to see during his lifetime.

http://dalekunkelart.com/

The artist is Gregory Colbert and this is a photograph from his photo and video collection called Ashes and Snow. By traveling the world and capturing these images he hopes to show through his art that nature is our equal and our friend, not a lesser form of life. https://gregorycolbert.com/ashesandsnowGallery.php

This sculture was created by Christopher David White and is called Fine Print. It is made of ceramic, acrylic, and graphite. Strives to remind us that we are part of nature and not seperate from it. Finds the constant changing of nature, as well as natural life and death intriguing. Incorporates methods of decay into his work.

http://www.christopherdavidwhite.com/index.php/information/artist-statement