天才艺术家秋叶上作画

Joanna Wirazka has a very interesting choice of canvas. Instead of paper or fabric， the self-taught artist from Poland paints colorful artworks on fallen autumn leaves. Her works are not only stunning to look at， but also carry a strong environmental message.

乔安娜·维拉扎卡对于画布有个颇有意思的选择。这名自学成才的波兰艺术家，在飘落的秋叶上，而不是在纸质或纤维画布上创作多彩的艺术作品。她的作品不仅看上去让人震撼，还传递着强烈的环保信息。

Every autumn， Joanna puts aside her regular canvas for something thats free， readily available， and in her opinion， juts as good—fallen tree leaves. She collects them from a park near her house and places them inside a book until they are completely dry. She then paints them black using water-based acrylicpaint， before covering them with colorful landscapes inspired by bustling cities and natural sceneries alike.

每年秋天，乔安娜都会把平常用的画布搁置在一边，用一些免费的、现成的，在她看来一样好用的画布——落叶。她从家旁边的公园把落叶拾回来，并把它们夹在书页里直至完全变干。然后乔安娜用水溶性丙烯酸颜料把树叶涂黑，之后将从喧嚣的城市和自然风景等中得来的灵感画在上面。

Although the artworks may be beautiful to look at， theres more to them that meets the eyes. “I want to say that we dont need to cut trees to have paper for drawing and painting，” she said. “I think its important to raise peoples awareness about the really bad condition of our planet.”

尽管这些艺术作品看起来很漂亮，但乔安娜想让人們看到的远不只这些。“我想说，我们不需要砍伐树木来获得绘画的纸张，”乔安娜说。“我认为提高人们对地球处于恶劣现状的意识很重要。”

Joanna painted her first tree leaf artwork on New years Eve of 2014. While most of her friends were busy getting ready for a night of partying， she spent the whole day drying， painting and drawing on fallen leaves， perfecting her technique through trial and error.

2014除夕，乔安娜绘制了第一幅树叶艺术作品。在她大部分朋友忙着为整晚的派对做准备的时候，她整天都在烘干树叶、上色、绘画，反复试验以完善技巧。

She never imagined that one day the whole world would know and care about her art， until one day， when a popular art blog picked up a photo of the very first leaf painting that she had posted on her Instagram account. It ended up going viral， and the positive feedback she got inspired her to create more leaf masterpieces.

她从来没想过，有一天整个世界都会知道而且还关心她的作品。直到有一天，一个有名的艺术博客选用了她上传到Instagram（图片共享平台）上的第一幅树叶画作。之后她的作品更是大受青睐，而人们积极的反馈激励她创作出更多的树叶巨作。