16-year-old 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 onlystunning to look at, but also carry a strong environmental message.

　　16岁的乔安娜·维拉扎卡在画布的选择上有个颇有意思的小兴趣——这名来自波兰的艺术家自学成才，在飘落的秋叶上，而不是在纸质或纤维上画出多彩的艺术作品。她的作品不仅让人震撼，还传递着强烈的环保信息。

　　Every autumn, Joanna puts aside her regular canvas for something that’s 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 acrylic paint, 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、并且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，把它们放在书里直至完全变干。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得来的灵感画在上面。

　　But as beautiful as the self-taught artworks may be to look at, there’s more to them than meets the eye. “I wanted to say that we don’t need to cut trees to have paper for drawing and painting,” she said. “I think it’s important to raise people’s awareness about the really bad condition of our planet.”

　　但是，尽管这些自学成才的艺术作品看起来很漂亮，乔安娜想让人们看到的远不止这些。“我想说，我们不需要砍伐树木来获得绘画的纸张，”乔安娜说。”我认为要引起人们对地球处于非常恶劣的自然条件的意识。”

　　Joanna painted her first tree leaf artwork on New year’s Eve of Last year. 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.

　　去年新年前夜，乔安娜绘制了自己第一个树叶艺术作品。当她大部分朋友忙着为整晚的派对做准备时，她整天都在烘干树叶，上色、绘画、反复试验完善技巧。

　　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，一个流行艺术博客挑了一张她在Instagram账户上PO的第一张树叶画作——之后就一发不可收拾，而人们积极的反馈激励她创作更多的树叶巨作。

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（编辑：何莹莹）