![Land Art - watter on sand on rock on Granger Bay beach, Cape Town](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart06-1024x682.webp)
![Pieces of dried mud, on glacial-marked rock in the Tankwa Karoo, South Africa](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart20-1024x682.webp)
![Balls of hair as 'fruit' or 'seeds' on a dry bush in the veld, Tankwa Karoo](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart19-1024x682.webp)
![Stones in a circle, Tankwa Karoo, South Africa](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart18-1024x682.webp)
![Mud inlayed into wet sand, on Robberg beach, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart17-1024x768.webp)
![Wet mud dripped onto wet sand](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart16-1024x768.webp)
!["DNA of the veld" - land art by Janet Botes in the Tankwa Karoo using stones](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart14-1024x669.webp)
![Woven grasses](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart13-1024x768.webp)
![Land art by Janet Botes - flecks of dried mud, packed in a circle](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart12-1024x682.webp)
![Delicate piece of land art woven with pine needles and placed within triangular stone crevice](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart11-1024x682.webp)
![Tankwa karoo antelope land art / stone art](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart10-1024x683.webp)
![Land art using sand - sand glyphs, and a twig within a hole in wet sand](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart09-1024x768.webp)
!["Grab" - grabbing hand imprint in mud, Gecko Creek, Cederberg, South Africa](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart08-1024x768.webp)
![Sand stencil of a hand and leaf, land art by Janet Botes](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart07-1024x682.webp)
![Wrack seaweed packed in a pattern on Gordon's Bay beach](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart05-1024x682.webp)
![Curved sand line drawn with a blade](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart04-1024x768.webp)
![Stones packed according to colour and tone](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart03-1024x538.webp)
![Pieces of dry coral found on a beach, packed in a circle](https://janetbotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/janetbotes_landart01-1024x682.webp)
Installations, arrangements and visual prayers created on-site in outdoor spaces like public beaches, forests, fields or even the garden.
Land art – also called Earth art, environmental art or nature art – involves the use of local natural materials such as soil, leaves, sand or rock to create artistic expressions in outdoor spaces. The focus is on having a dialogue with the site or natural elements, and the art itself being transient, ephemeral, time-specific or temporary – the artwork is washed away, blown away, degraded, decomposed, dissolved or trampled, and lives on in the mind of the artist(s) or as a photo, video or sketch.
Emphasizing the impermanence and flux of life, and the cyclical nature of our physical world. Honouring the fragility and temporary nature of our lives – fleeting, especially when it is perceived in relation to geological time – even though we tend to strive so hard for longevity and eternal youth. Even though these artworks do not ‘last’, it testifies of the timelessness of beauty and materiality – something that cannot be fully appreciated and understood, yet can be felt in silent, mindful moments in a place. Some of these transient works are intentionally created as a meditation or prayer.
Find out more about land art created during projects & residencies >>
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