About the Artist
Trees and plants are essential to a stable climate. They help remove heat-trapping carbon
dioxide gas from the air by storing it in their leaves, wood, roots and soils. But when trees
and plants are destroyed, this stored carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, where
it contributes to climate change. In fact, deforestation and land use change contributes
approximately 20 to 25 percent of the carbon emissions that cause climate change.
Biography
Philippe Pastor is an artist who lives and works in Monaco. Self-taught, Pastor is an abstract expressionist whose work is essentially comprised of pigments on paper. He brings his vision of society to his paintings and "Burned Trees" sculptures, of which he is known around the world. His inspiration comes from the street, people, misfortune, despair, beauty, and all that we do not manage to say out loud. He has exhibited in Italy (Rome, Milan, Turin, Venice), France (Nice, Saint-Tropez, Paris), Romania (The National Cotroceni Museum), and the United States. Approximately forty "Burned Trees" are on exhibition in Nairobi, Kenya, at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme.
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