Mushroom art is a fun and unique way to bring a bit of nature into your home. The whimsical quality of these prints is sure to delight viewers of all ages—from pint-sized tots to wiser, older generations.
Artist Chariklia Zarris, in her playful mushroom art piece titled “Best Friends- Mushrooms,” utilizes bright cherry red against a more natural linen-colored background to make her artwork pop. In it, she depicts two cartoon mushrooms—one tall and one short—standing side by side. The taller mushroom’s cap is red with white polka dots; for the shorter mushroom, Zarris inverts the colors to white with red polka dots instead. The piece is simple, but adorable and charming nonetheless.
In another popular mushroom art print called “Mushroom,” artist Erin Clark takes a more scholarly approach to her work, so to speak. The piece illustrates a detailed picture of a black-and-white mushroom, allowing viewers to see its numerous textures up close. What makes this print stand out, however, is its interesting and clever backdrop. Clark has printed the mushroom on a page torn from the dictionary—the page that happens to contain the entry for the word “mushroom.”
Other artists like Johann Wilhelm Weinmann and Hansjorg Furrer prefer to work with collages of the famous fungi. In Weinmann’s “Mushrooms I” and “Mushrooms II,” the artist documents various types of mushrooms in a chart of sorts, listing the corresponding scientific names at the bottom of the piece. Like Weinmann, Furrer uses a neutral color scheme in his works “Antique Mushrooms I” and “Antique Mushrooms II.” The colors give them a soft, vintage feel.
