The Audio for the Landscape Resounds PaintingsIncluding the sound with the paintings was new for me. If landscape painting traditionally places the ‘subject’ as the audience or the painter, I think the sounds helped to create ‘subjects’ in the paintings… “Resounding Landscapes” Click the images to enlarge. The audio for each painting is directly below. Swallowfields Make-shift Shelter Buckham’s Park Barn Read the Rest…
Landscape Resounds: Research PhotographsThese photos are the ‘b-sides’ of some of the landscape explorations leading up to the exhibition.
Landscape Resounds: Video of the Installationhttpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avP1Ach0SmM&feature=player_embedded Landscape Resounds was my MA show contribution at Ultimate Dart – The Dartington College of Arts MA show for 2010. The installation featured 11 four foot square paintings of Totnes and Dartington. Each painting also had a ‘soundscape’ that was playing from speakers behind the canvases. These soundscapes were composed of sounds recorded at Read the Rest…
The Sitting CowsThis oil painting on canvas measures 2′ x 2′ When I first arrived in Dartington, I was told that the cows sit down when it is going to rain. I was unable to directly prove this during my time here, but it seems possible. It brings up interesting questions about the sensory perception of animals. Read the Rest…
Currently Showing: Dart River and Windwhistle CottageThis oil painting measure 4 feet square. If you are in the Totnes area this August, stop by the lovely Fat Lemons Cafe on Ticklemore Street. In my humble opinion, they make the best cappuccino in Totnes. They are exhibiting paintings from my current work on a rotating schedule. The Dart River has been on Read the Rest…
Buckham’s Park BarnThis oil painting measure 4 feet square. I discovered Buckham’s Park Barn on the Dartington Estate during my walks. It is a late 18th century ruin of what I assume was an agricultural building. The ruin has been surrounded with a portable metal fence since I’ve first come across it. This was the first larger Read the Rest…
New Image for Old Dartington Nursery PaintingPhotographic comparison of documenting a painting with an SLR camera vs. a point and shoot.