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Home > Blog > AUGUST already!

AUGUST already!

Published: 11th August 2016

Life has been busy, with some travelling and a lot of art making – and just generally getting on with life. So here is a set of photos of the highlights of the month of July: in no particular order

Library of Water
visiting Roni Horn’s Library of Water in Stykkisholmer
Two-tone snow shapes
two tone snow shapes on the road to Akureyri
Olafsfjordur
view over the water to Olafsfjordur
Snaefellsnes
dramatic mountain scenery on Snaefellsnes
Anxious birds
beautiful, albeit anxious birds
Our local mountain
our local mountain
Nature bath
nature bath at Myvatn almost midnight
a weekend at Godafoss
weekend at Godafoss
Crater lake at Krafla
crater lake at Krafla
Skagastrond sunset
Skagastrond sunset
Dettifoss
Dettifoss
Boiling mud pots at Hverir
boiling mud pots at Hverir
Crater at Bifrost
crater at Bifrost
handmade paper boats at the outsider art gallery, Akureyri
handmade paper boats at the outsider art gallery, Akureyri
amazing colours everywhere
amazing colours everywhere
Snaefellsjokull
Snaefellsjokull
basalt cliffs
basalt cliffs
Hverir colours
Hverir colours
wet basalt
wet basalt
smoking mountains
smoking mountains
dramatic slopes
dramatic slopes
ochres and blues
ochres and blues
badass haircuts
badass haircuts
public art in Akureyri
public art in Akureyri

And through all this wonderful travelling and exposure to these natural wonders, some art has been attempted: always inspired and infused by these experiences, but trying not to be consistently representational. Here is some of the work as I reflect on its success or otherwise:

Cut block prints

Inspired by a course with Paul Furneaux on Japanese woodblock printing, I attempted to make my own version – with some cut block prints and drawings of seaweed over the top. Although I am reasonably happy with the results, I have learned that this is a very difficult process and the effort that goes into the cutting is directly proportional to the success of the print. More work will have to be done to get better at this, but as I have few water colours with me, I will have to wait until my return to do any more of it.

Part of a diptych
Part of a diptych showing, I hope, the balance of air and earth in this place
Triptych
and a triptych showing the same…
Snaefellsjokull drawing
drawn “in the field” at Snaefellsjokull
Godafoss drawing
and drawn “in the field” at Godafoss
Drawing of basalt cliffs
developing the original drawings from the basalt cliffs, as they were very thin – this has more work and depth to it I hope.
Five monoprints
my recent batch of 5 prints – the challenge here was to get back into the process of mono printing – and I have to say I really enjoyed it – making do with the paper I have left, and an old fridge door for a flat surface
the other half of the diptych on air/earth
the other half of the diptych on air/earth

Drawing/print/mixed media

Drawing/print/mixed media
2 drawings/prints/mixed media works

I have also been developing my “skills” in After Effects, and working with footage filmed at any watery place…..then I have exported stills from the footage, and am reasonable pleased with the results. I think this may represent another direction in which to take my work – but are the final products the photographs, or should I try to work from these ideas into screen print? So many possibilities!

Here are some of the final results so far – I can’t do much more here with this idea as my laptop is chokka, and is running very slowly with video stuff. So more later…

After Effects

After Effects

After Effects

After Effects

After Effects

any comments would be welcome.

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