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Geology drives this projects response to the landscape. Water saturates and erodes the land so the materials chosen to draw with attempt to do the same. I have now begun to contour these drawings and paintings, moving in to a more sculptural response.
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Being beneath and within the waves at a coastal location that I am studying is essential, if not a little cold at times.
The sea was so still and the scene was of archetypal beauty, when considering the landscape. However, the water never releases it's relent on the land. Even minute...
I spent my Easter travelling around Wales.
Having been away for what seems a long time, although it was only 6 weeks, each time I return home I re-visit landscapes and discover new ones. There is always something waiting to reveal itself, waiting for you to discover it.
Transforming the cut-out series from a two dimensional object in to a relief piece has inspired me to further transform this in to a mixed media sculpture. Adobe Illustrator had to be understood first though for the mock-up. Watch this space for the sculpture to be realised...
Experimentation and discovery are key driving forces behind my drawings. I aim to question the geological processes in nature by mimicking them through the methods in which I draw. For example repetition discusses erosion while salt and saturation refers to the coast.
These cut-outs have been worked on over the last few months but they are progressing in to a more three-dimensioal aspect.
The catalyst behind this was discovering an original geology map from 1907 iin the Ackworth School Geography department, After studying the map in detail I discovered...
I always find it frustrating to seperate drawing and painting as I never do. I draw and paint in exactly the same manner with the same intensions, times and materials. However, is it the material you work upon that defines the difference between a painting and a drawing? If so...
