Original artwork description:

This painting is the first in what I’m certain will be a large and ongoing series of abstract works based around ideas of the anthropocene and human impact on the landscape.

It’s exciting to play with the expectations of where you expect the image to go. It’s unclear what the scale of the subject in the paintings is, or even if there is a subject. In some areas it could be a bird's eye view, sometimes resembling a map. Other areas might look almost like microscopic details. You’re never certain where you are viewing from. I’m using different perspectives and vanishing points in different areas and sometimes in the same area. Which way is up and which way is down? Is there an up and down? I’m also playing with what’s foreground and what’s background. Placing some areas in shadow as if they are at the back but then overlapping the same plane that area was behind. I hope that keeping the viewer guessing about what’s happening keeps the painting exciting and fresh each time it’s viewed.

In the same way that good architecture responds to its surroundings, I aim to use my purposeful lines and geometric shapes in response to the more expressive marks made earlier in the process, as well as the various textures that already existed on the substrate. I will rework, erase and build upon past marks as I progress the painting, the same ideas that we apply to both our built and cultural heritage.

Materials used:

Acrylic, Spray Paint and Marker on Cradled OSB Panel

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