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Creative Expression in Living Color

by Meredith Mullins on July 7, 2014

Colorful bark of the Rainbow Eucalyptus tree, creative expression inspired by nature.

A Unique Work of Art
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Works of Art . . . Inspired by the Rainbow Eucalyptus

Would you pay $2,000,000 for this work of art?

The colorful abstract will never show up at Christy’s or Sotheby’s with the Picasso’s, Rothko’s, and Pollack’s of today’s multimillion-dollar art world.

But it is a treasure to be valued.

Oh, I See

The rich colors and intricately layered textures are the work of one of the world’s most hard working and inspiring artists—nature itself.

The unique natural design is part of the growth cycle of the Eucalyptus deglupta (also known as the Rainbow Eucalyptus or Mindanao Gum).

A trunk of the Rainbow Eucalyptus tree, showing the creative expression of the peeling bark.

Natural Artistry
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Revealing Peeling

The palette and striated “brush strokes” emerge as the tree sheds its bark, revealing the bright green inner bark.

The peeling outer layers expose the inner surfaces at varying rhythms, producing splashy strips of blue, purple, orange, and maroon as the new bark matures.

Close up of Rainbow Eucalyptus bark, creative expression inspired by nature.

Changing palette
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Living Art

The tree colors constantly change, making it a living painting—a slow-moving but beautiful piece of performance art. (A time-lapse video of this metamorphosis would be VERY cool!)

Where Does the Rainbow End?

The Rainbow Eucalyptus thrives in moist, humid tropical forests, such as New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, and parts of Hawaii.

Bottom trunk of the Rainbow Eucalyptus tree, creative expression inspired by nature.

The end of the rainbow?
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Besides its revered place in the natural art world, the trees are grown for pulpwood.

Yes, the Rainbow Eucalyptus, lauded as the most colorful tree in the world, is used to make paper—white paper.

An unexpected, colorless end to nature’s creative expression.

Some might say . . . the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

 

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