The fascination I have for aerial landscapes has been a
long-term love affair. In the old days it was the world atlas that had me
hooked. These days you'll find me poring
over the landscape via Google Earth. Gripped by incidental visual elements
provided by varying textures of water, vegetation, rock, sand and human
footprint I am propelled to play in
paint responding to my observations.
What intrigues me further is that we are largely unaware of
the beauty of the land from an aerial perspective, and a sandy track that is
well trodden has a complexity of line that can only be appreciated from aerial
view. When I stumble upon a beautifully composed frame in my Google Earth
searches the thrill veritably charges me to respond.
My "dreamscapes" are born of whimsy and
unrestricted by factual geography. Childhood memories of places I cherish may
rampantly pop up here, as in South Coast
Dreamscape. There is a greater allowance for the media to do what it will
and I revel in responding spontaneously to that. The dreamscape frolics halfway
between aerial landscape and abstraction and there are varying degrees of
dreaming involved.
I perpetually strive
to find a balance in my process between spontaneous and deliberate mark-making,
the subconscious and conscious mark-maker and the obedience and disobedience of
materials.
(Click on images to view them larger)
Watsons Bay (aerialscape)
610 x 760mm
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Southcoast Dreamscape
760 x 1020mm
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Bondi (aerialscape)
915 x 1220mm
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Coogee (aerialscape)510
x 405mm |
Dreamscape with lighthouse
910 x 760mm
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Frazer Park I (aerialscape)
760 x 1010mm
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Moonies II (aerialscape)
760 x 760mm
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Nobbies Head II (aerialscape)
915 x 1220mm
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Nobbies Head I (aerialscape)
610 x 915mm
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Curl Curl (aerialscape)
915 x 1220mm
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Catherine Hill Bay (aerialscape)
610 x 760mm
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Frazer Park II (aerialscape)
915 x 1220mm
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Moonies I (aerialscape)
1000 x 750mm
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