Fascinated by the possibilities offered by computers and image manipulation, I began taking photos and merging them with scans of drawings, CG models, textures and digital sketches. Various themes began to emerge, facilitated by the endless experimentation and variation that working digitally allows. Pictures taken with a digital camera become virtual paint, layered into complex surfaces forming new hybrid images.
Using a rough drawing in pencil and charcoal as an expressive base, images of rocks and trees, sand, sky, close-ups of bark are added to create imaginary landscapes. An ink drawing, scanned and enlarged, becomes the template for an experiment featuring roots and twigs. Accidents and chance are welcome, as I am always happy to see the unexpected appear in a picture.
And now…at present I seem to be returning to a more composed style, where figurative sketches form the basis of new work. Recent pictures are more grounded in my reaction to place. In thinking about our presence here in this ‘tranquil haven’ of Purbeck, old images have, for me, become new metaphors. The bay; rocks, trees: guises of protection and watchfulness that also imply something else…
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Size: 24.00" x 18.00"
Price: £110.00
