My current work is based upon travelling experiences that have involved long periods in cars across several different countries. Rather than reproduce the surrounding landscapes in a traditional form I am trying to represent the journeys in a less obvious way through the various visuals clues along the road side.
Road signs are common features across all countries, sometimes to a universal format other times uniquely peculiar to a location. Viewed as glimpses, often subconsciously, during the course of a journey they have a leveraged power of recall when played back as a part of a whole story.
In today’s world of GPS where we increasingly travel with our eyes on a screen I wonder about the future of the road sign and whether we will miss or even notice its demise?
Over the past five years as a painter my work has tended to involve multi layering that has the effect of creating its own texture, visual depth and contrast that obscures hidden images that invite discovery.
My enjoyment in creating the work comes from the combination of hard edged graphics with the painterly qualities that gives a juxtaposition of order and mess. The occasional misspellings and odd expressions lifted out of context give a humorous edge. The challenge in doing this is to maintain the sense of momentum and travel that evoke the memories of the journey.
Road signs are common features across all countries, sometimes to a universal format other times uniquely peculiar to a location. Viewed as glimpses, often subconsciously, during the course of a journey they have a leveraged power of recall when played back as a part of a whole story.
In today’s world of GPS where we increasingly travel with our eyes on a screen I wonder about the future of the road sign and whether we will miss or even notice its demise?
Over the past five years as a painter my work has tended to involve multi layering that has the effect of creating its own texture, visual depth and contrast that obscures hidden images that invite discovery.
My enjoyment in creating the work comes from the combination of hard edged graphics with the painterly qualities that gives a juxtaposition of order and mess. The occasional misspellings and odd expressions lifted out of context give a humorous edge. The challenge in doing this is to maintain the sense of momentum and travel that evoke the memories of the journey.