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Mixed Media on paper

In the respective two scenes nature, and then the human-built environment is reduced to a mere memory – like a black and white film or old photograph. Man dominates nature and builds factories, cities and roads, dwarfing nature and making the natural environment of an area obsolete, a faint memory of what it once was. When nature reclaims an office block and forgotten car in a ghost town, the human element - the building, the metal, the materials - become a distant memory and nature repositions itself to dominate the once-inhabited area.

During the process of creating these contrasting, but similar scenes I have experienced it more challenging to draw nature into and onto the built environment. This struck me as relevant, since we as humans easily and in short periods of time rise up buildings and build more roads, while nature takes centuries to decompose unnatural materials and truly reclaim an area that we have exploited.

Further Information

Width, height, depth: 43cm x 60cm x 0cm
Type: Original
Year Created: 2008
Framed: No
Mounted/Matted: No

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Mixed Media Conceptual Art, Cityscape, Neutral tones,