UPLAND LANDSCAPE 1

Objective
From field observation carried out in the summer months develop language of marks to express the inherent tension in upland landscape between straight, linear patterns (walls) and organic patterns (erosion).

Key Influences

• Gerhard Richter's blur paintings of landscape
• Mark Francis, particularly his work utilising subtle grid patterns with other information (blurred) overlaid.

The blurring of the images lends a certain enigmatic quality. Richter's work is still recognisable as landscape. Francis' work is less straightforward in refeerncing its source.

Painting left (510 x 405 mm) - acrylic on canvas washed  with sponge when still wet.N.B. this series all similar dimensions and materials

Developed from paper sketches and observation in the field.


Colour restricted to black Naples yellow and white primed canvas.

Observation
Some sense of perspective acheived without compromising 'abstract quality'. Not fully resolved as a statement.


Critical comment fom Lothar
Markmaking seen as 'clever' which I do not take as a compliment! Suggests I do a series to try and establish what it is I am trying to express.

I like the challenge ..........


Return to more obvious landscape image taken from upland photograph in order to try and test references and way forward.