— The Origin and Limit
2017 Arteles Creative Center Residency Finland
Swearing off the ideal picturesque of traditional landscape portrayal, The Origin and Limit presents an ecstatic vision of a scene — a compression of a mental image to a narrow compositional window, hinting at an expanse beyond the bounds of the work.
With a combination of unconventional techniques from dendritic mono-printing to dry mark-making through wet media, the enduring motifs of nature painting are subverted: a forest as a shamanic portal; a fulgurous sky; a frozen woodland floor interrupted erratically; an impervious brush through which light warps colour and form. In this visual shorthand, the scene looms closer in its abstraction, describing a nature no longer familiar.
Grimaced Out — 42 x 30 cm — acrylic monoprint on paper
Death Bridge — 42 x 30 cm — acrylic monoprint & chalk on paper
Wet Risk — 42 x 30 cm — oil monoprint & charcoal on paper
Marble Garden — 42 x 30 cm — oil monoprint on paper
Melted Rope — 42 x 30 cm — oil monoprint & charcoal on paper
Drowning while Whistling — 60 x 42 cm — oil monoprint & oil stick on paper
Sphinx Riddle — 60 x 42 cm — oil monoprint & oil stick on paper
Scarcely Sea — 60 x 42 cm — oil monoprint & oil stick on paper
Furthest Shore — 50 x 35 cm — oil monoprint on paper
Hidden Sea — 42 x 30 cm — oil monoprint on paper
Red Rhythm Thing — 42 x 30 cm — oil monoprint & chalk on paper
Seething Between — 42 x 30 cm — oil monoprint & chalk on paper
Somnambulist — 42 x 30 cm — oil monoprint on paper
Open Channeling — 42 x 30 cm — oil monoprint & charcoal on paper
Sensation of Drowning — 42 x 30 cm — oil monoprint & charcoal on paper
Wilting Ways — 50 x 35 cm — oil monoprint & charcoal on paper
Thunder Moon Gathering — 70 x 50 cm — oil monoprint & pastel on paper
Ocean Roar — 70 x 50 cm — oil monoprint & pastel on paper
Bending Moon — 42 x 30 cm — oil monoprint & charcoal on paper