Initial Ideas

Constructing a Landscape?

The pathway stage has definately taught me that I love to construct fine art pieces, whether that be through drawing, painting, montaging ideas or through sculpture. I intend to continue building up a piece in one form or another. Perhaps I could construct my own landscape? I have also been particularly interested in the destruction of buildings and infastructures. Researching possible artists' that may share these interests with me, I discovered Gerry Judah. I can potentially invisage Judah's work becoming an inspirational part of my FMP.

Gerry Judah creates, what he desribes as, paintings, which literally come off the wall.

The paintings are a direct response to conflict across the globe, whether this be through war or through natural disaster. The apocalyptic aspect to the work can clearly be seen by the systematic destruction that Judah has done to these model buildings he has built. Painting the structures completely white gives the impression the constructed environemt has been bombed as it gives the effect of debris. I am interested in the concept behind these paintings, the process and model materials used and also the fact that they are completely 3D paintings.

Within my own work I could perhaps begin to develop ideas of constructing my own landscape to be destroyed, but also think about combining the 3D apsect to a 2D drawing/painting?

Let the fun begin...