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The Blue Trees by Konstantin DimopoulosThese bizarre blue trees by <a href="http://www.kondimopoulos.com/blue-trees/">Konstantin Dimopoulos</a> may look like they came straight out of Avatar, but they were actually painted using an environmentally-safe water-based pigment as part of an art installation in Canada. Originally displayed at the <a href="http://vancouverbiennale.com/">2011 Vancouver Biennale</a>, the Blue Trees project was extended by <a href="http://blog.4culture.org/2012/03/the-blue-trees/">4Culture</a> and various government departments in Seattle on the Burke-Gillman Trail in Kenmore in Westlake, WA. But why paint the trees blue? Dimopoulos says that in doing so, he asks viewers to question how thoroughly we have destroyed various forests around the world.1
The Blue Trees by Konstantin DimopoulosKonstantin Dimopoulos paints trees blue in order to draw awareness of them2
The Blue Trees by Konstantin DimopoulosThe water-based pigment he uses is not toxic to the trees3
The Blue Trees by Konstantin DimopoulosOriginally conceived as part of the 2011 Vancouver Biennale, the project was extended recently in Seattle, Washington4
The Blue Trees by Konstantin Dimopoulos4Culture and various arms of the Seattle government commissioned trees in Westlake to be painted blue5
The Blue Trees by Konstantin DimopoulosWhereas ancient forests around the world will never return to their former state, these trees will6
The Blue Trees by Konstantin DimopoulosTrees are an unusual canvas, but powerful all the same!7
