The object in the Landscape                 

A Painter’s eye

Currently I am the site Artist at Blick mead and have recorded the site at different stages of excavation and discovery.

My work is first and foremost a response to the concept of evolving landscape.

As a fine artist I am interested in discovering art works which are relevant for our own time. I am inspired by the concept of ‘the archaeological site’ in terms of landscape in its entirety. The man- made rectangle shapes of the site creates straight plum lines forms. As a painter I want to paint flat shapes created by man- made archaeoscapes that are curated by the archaeology team.

David Jacques Director of the Site at Vespasian camp continues to document new scientific evidence from carbon data and I want to continue exploring ideas and synergies in research that archaeologist undertake, whilst  creating innovative art pieces.

It is very interesting to reconcile the difference between archaeologist expectations and the role of Fine art.

I am interested in ‘synthetic realism’ and the construction of artificial experiences such as the use of an oculus rift which replaces primary events for a primary artificial reality. A synthetic reality can provide direct experience to an audience who may not otherwise have the opportunity for physical learning. Painting seen by a given audience is a secondary experience and could be therefore an artificial one.

 I would like to explore sensation in relation to the object and explore the main difference between painting and seeing via the oculus.

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