Nature Machine

Artist: Gaven

Most of the pastel drawings I do are in an attempt to represent an idea I have in my head in some abstract way. In the case of this drawing, I just wanted to draw a robot.

I was at Shy's place, particularly for a painting party, so of course I had to bring my pastels. I didn't have many ideas, so I asked Hill to give me a title in the form of ' machine.' Hill responded with 'Nature Machine,' and well, that's the story.

It might be interesting to note that the jaw actually cannot move (this was a flaw I hadn't anticipated). Take a moment to look at the picture and see why for yourself. You see, the jaw is hinged along two different axes; at the back of the mouth, and another on the robot's left side.

Also, as Hillary pointed out, it is unclear whether the tree is being uprooted and eating, or if it is being pulled out of the robots mouth and planted, making it a true nature machine (rather than an anti-nature machine).