Abstracted 35
This series started as an experimental consideration of 35mm slides - something beautifully analogue and precious, the images captured in time. I created an experimental process using familiar materials like ink, pigment and chemicals to see what could be created in such small forms.
Testing the limits of Abstraction
Blog Post
The Abstracted 35 series has provided a unique opportunity to test the limits of abstraction, to see how much detail can be removed from an image and still create interest and conversations about what the images represent.
I talk about the different articulations I’m working with on my blog: See blog Post
Changing scale and perceptions
I’ve always been fascinated by the tiny details that we often miss as we move through the world. This series is an extension of that idea, creating something small that changes when it is blown up in print or through projection. Each set of images in unique, being led by a different process in creating the marks, in some, the colours are vivid, in others monochromatic with a focus on a single colour.
The invitation is to view the images and imagine what they might or might not represent.
Set Six
Set of 45. April 2021.
Top image is all 45, bottom image is a selection
Set Five
Sets of 21 - selection shown here. March 2021
Set Four
Two sets of 18 - selection shown here. January 2021
Set Three
Two sets of 18 - selection shown here. October 2020
Set Two
Set of 18 - selection shown here. September 2020
Set One
Set of 18 - selection shown here. August 2020
Set One - Blending
Set of 18 - selection shown here. August 2020.
These images are tests to consider the limits of what can be conveyed in an abstract image, the source images are blended until no distinct detail remains. The resulting images are ephemeral and allow the viewer the opportunity to imagine and imprint their own view. The images in this set correspond to those above.
