A French artist has used 600 litres of biodegradable paint to create a 6,000 square metre piece of art depicting a young girl reading a book.
The giant land art painting by Saype, entitled ‘A Story of the Future’, dominates a hillside in Les Rochers-de-Naye in Veytaux, Switzerland, to mark the 125th anniversary of the Glion Rochers-de-Naye train line which runs nearby.
Born in 1989, the artist currently lives and works in Moutier, Switzerland.
A self-taught artist, he began painting at the age of fourteen focusing on graffiti before branching out into studio work where his first pieces were exhibited at the age of 16.
Saype is passionate about philosophy and his paintings often explore the problems surrounding the human race.
He has since become a pioneer in the field of grass painting – an artistic blend of land art and graffiti which he uses to transform hillsides into enormous portraits.
After sketching out his ideas, he creates the supersized art by cutting the grass on the mountains, mixing up his biodegradable paint and then spray painting the ground. The use of a drone camera allows him to survey his work.
His most recent piece of work has around the same surface area as The White House in Washington DC and is bigger than a football field.