Antarctica
- Forms
- Tents
  (echoes series)
- Cape Bird Images
- Icescapes 1
- Icescapes 2
Coastal Profiles
The Human Imprint
(obsolete structures)
Land Forms

Human Imprint : obsolete structures

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This work is part of a series using utilitarian structures in a coastal setting that I have worked upon over the past 15 years exploring the following ideas and formal issues:

• The eroding and unifying effects of natural forces upon these structures. The idea of the coastline as a marginal zone where elements collide and the fluid erodes the solid.
  
• The use of diagonals and exaggerated spatial recession contribute to the sense of transience and instability.
• To convey a dimension of present and future by describing ongoing processes rather than just copying surface appearances with no understanding.
• To explore the interaction of the physical nature of paint as embodied in the use of gesture with the illusionistic devices used to create an image
• In this work I was particularly interested in the relationship between the triangular forms of roof, island & mountains. I also found the grid-like structure of niches at the end of the building fascinating & will be exploring this further in future.
• The structures I have used in these paintings are neither grand or significant (often their original function is obscure) thus they provide fertile sites for new imaginings & interpretations.

"A Place To Change 2"	"A Place To Change 3"	"A Place To Change 4"
"A Place To Change"	"Boys, A Place To Change"	"Bait Shed"
"Bait Shed 4"	"Bait Shed 5"	"Bait Shed 6"
"Cast Aside"	"Danger Sign"	"Aid To Navigation"
"Markers"	"Frames On The Land 2"	"Frames On The Land 3"
"Frames On The Land"	"Monument"	"Empty Vessels 1"
"Empty Vessels 2"	"Empty Vessels 3"	"Eroding Defences 2"
"Eroding Defences"	"Eroding Defences"	"Eroding Defences"
"Eroding Defences 3"	"Eroding Defences 6"	"Foundations Series 1"
"Foundations Series 2"	"Foundations Series"	"Standing On The Margin 1"
"Standing On The Margin"	"Reclaimed Space 1"	"Reclaimed Space 2"
"Reclamation Blocks Fragment 1"	"Reclamation Blocks Fragment 2"	"Reclamation Blocks Fragment 3"
"Reclamation Blocks Fragment"