I am
interested in landscapes. I began by loving the landscapes of Caspar David
Friedrich and Alexander McKenzie; their art works inspired me to apply a smooth
and delicate texture to canvas as I believe every stroke is important
compositionally when painting. This is especially clear when we view Van Gogh’s
swirling thick paint. Van Gogh was more concerned on how he applied the paint
rather than the subject matter. The application and method of subsequent layers
of paint is important to me. Sometime into my first year of Visual Arts
investigation I took a flight and became fascinated by aerial landscape.
Discarding upfront perspective, I went up and over in a wondering hunt for
people below amongst the tapestries they have created on the land. We feel like
we’re important, but from above we can see how small and vulnerable we really
are. No-one boasts about the patchwork beauty that has evolved as we have
farmed, lived and created; Flight, Google earth and satellite technology now
reveal more about our-selves and past civilizations. The earth bears the scars
of thousands of years of human activity not easy to erase. Arial views offer an
amazing perspective to life on our planet.
In 2012 I visited
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and became inspired by seeing paintings in real
life. Again texture and brushstrokes and elements such as line and shape
inspired me greatly. I have concentrated as I have painted, turning the canvas
this and that way perfecting my brushstrokes. The aesthetic has been as important
as the subject which almost becomes abstracted. I have used oils as media, but
also worked with wood, perspex and ink. My art work aims to show the audience
the beauty that is formed by humans on earth but at the same time, show our
vulnerability.
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