Monday, April 25, 2011
more on tsunami series
Those images (and several previous unrelated images) are part of a Moleskine accordion-style blank book, with a double-page spread of about 10 inches by 8. A terrific paper, very workable, takes a beating. This series of pages is mixed media, including Faber Castell PITT Artist Pens, Pentel oil pastels, graphite, matte and gel medium, and found objects including window screen, duct tape, rust, fabric etc.
As I've said, there is something terrible and lovely in the images of flood-wrack, though the loss of life and lifestyle, home and security, is profoundly sad. The human experience of flood is nothing to envy, but the images are breathtaking, as we've seen in hundreds of YouTube videos and still photos. It's the archeology of ruin, the terminal moraine, what's left after the current passes over the landscape, that interests me visually. I realize some people can't bear to look at the real destruction; these are obviously abstracted impressions. Time tells the story.
As I've said, there is something terrible and lovely in the images of flood-wrack, though the loss of life and lifestyle, home and security, is profoundly sad. The human experience of flood is nothing to envy, but the images are breathtaking, as we've seen in hundreds of YouTube videos and still photos. It's the archeology of ruin, the terminal moraine, what's left after the current passes over the landscape, that interests me visually. I realize some people can't bear to look at the real destruction; these are obviously abstracted impressions. Time tells the story.
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