Artwork description:

This aerial image showing the mountains coming out of the Ica Desert by Nazca in Peru, and was captured from a light aircraft.

We were told when we arrived in Nazca that the best way to get a look at the Nazca Lines was by air so we headed to the airport and chartered a small plane together with another couple of tourists. A bit unexpected but it turned out to be a great experience even despite the heavy turbulence making the passenger next to me having a second taste of her lunch - I found the turbulence quite exhilarating however, almost like a fair-ride.
This is more an overview of the surrounding desert, although you can see some traces of the Nazca lines. I really like the shape of the emerging mountains coming out of the desert bed and the contrast between the red mountains and the light, almost white desert. I also love the shapes created by water in the sand like a myriad of rivers that once flowed there.
The birds-eye-view of this very arid desert landscape makes for some quite abstract and minimalist looking aerial landscapes.
Although as mentioned a bit unexpected and also a bit of a dent in our travel budget it turned out to be a very memorable flight to view the Nazca Lines.

Also available in other sizes:
229x152cm - edition of 10

Beautifully Giclée printed on Hahnemuhle Pearl paper - a slightly textured 285 gsm. semi-gloss paper which holds more detail with punchier colours than a matt paper, whilst maintaining a illustrative/ painted feel.

Technology: Epson UltraChrome HDR Wide Gamut Inks with archival life expectancy: 40 years daylight, 200 years in dark.

All prints are professionally printed to ensure the absolute best quality and consistency. I pride myself in strict quality control, hence I only use top professional printers based here in London, that I am content use very strict colour consistency checks and use the very best of printing techniques available. This of course greatly increases production costs, but give me and my customers the peace of mind that I deliver a supreme quality artwork.

Materials used:

Hahnemuhle Pearl - 285 gsm. semi-gloss finish.

Tags:

#abstract #landscape #red #mountains #contrast #aerial #organic #calming #desert #peru #geological #arid #desolate #overview #nazca