Of Landscape

Thinking today about time, place, image and reality. With all that we know now about place, time and our perceptions of that, how would I create a landscape that could be true to that? I mean, if I were to try not to create a monocular view of the world, a modernist singular view, then what would that look like? I think it must be multi layered; at least with multiple quantities considered. Take, for instance the traditional norms of the western landscape. Broad , majestic vistas, beautiful light, important objects (buildings, flowers, trees, fields... etc.) are captured in a way that has become over time canonistic. This cannon is a singular view locked into a representation from a singular translator, moved by emotion, light, and lore of place. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, except I think that there is so much more about that place that is depicted, on so many micro and macro levels. I should make an attempt to acknowledge those bits of information.
On my journey, I encounter micro and macro realities, the strange anomalies of sub-atomic particles, realism, idealism, mapping, theories of existence, emotion/perception, hidden realities, multi-dimensional reality,  pluralism, fractals, and I react to these things in my current work to create a landscape that is a reaction and dialog with these realities of contemporary existence.

Labyrinth, GPS, Wayfinding, and Work

Just a little note, I am working on a new body of work soon to be released. I have expanded onto Facebook working to post there, some recent paintings. This new process seems to be working well and I am considering posting regular updates here and on Facebook regarding my progress.
I am collecting:
Leaf patterns
GPS coordinates of those patterns
360 degree panoramic video of the location
spoken journal

Wayfinding...

So, I've dropped out a bit lately. I've been doing research about Labyrinths and what they might have to do with my work. Progress is slow, the studio is still calling. I've 3 paintings started, working hard to help realize them. If you get a second, check our www.labyrinthsociety.org for information. You can always trust a Labyrinth.

Shifting

This week has presented interesting avenues. I am constantly encouraged by my colleagues and my students to keep searching for the next thing...sometimes that thing isn't really 'next' but might be 'beside' or 'behind'. I wonder often about how linearly we are conditioned to think and experience the world. The next thing must follow after this current thing...I'm beginning to realize that the next thing might just be next to me or beside me, concurrently and present already. It is my conciousness that shifts, not my logic or any pre-scripted step, to bring me onto the new avenue.

Painting, surface and time.

I was wondering about time again today. Layering and multiplicity in painting seem to be the key. Also, when I see a painting from history, I often imagine surface as capturing something of the moment when the mark was made. Smells, movement, even body language of the artist all evident in the surface of the painting. After all, mark after mark, moment after moment that painting was created. The final work is a culmination of a series of moments captured in the material and the image. I wonder if that is the only way that I can achieve, capture or express time in a painting...