'Garden of Eden'
‘Garden of Eden’, 2023, 100 x 100 x 4 cm
Mixed media on canvas including: oil paint, acrylic paint, spray paint, acrylic ink, oil pastel, texture paste, gesso
This piece is a later addition to my 'Urban Animals' collection, which is a series of paintings linking human environments to the natural world and reflecting on how humans and animals live in a tense balance with each other.
The brush strokes are loose- I wanted to play with pixelation and pattern when I was rendering the scales of the snake. The pixelation is a reminder of our digital age, but also acts as a camouflage, breaking up the snake's silhouette. In the painting, there are lots of cool colours (icy blues and greys) with pops of bright, candy-sour greens that guide the eye around the painting in an angular path. The acidic green feels unnatural and poisonous, perhaps a reminder that we as humans are poisoning the natural world around us, as well as the venom of the snake.
‘Garden of Eden’, 2023, 100 x 100 x 4 cm
Mixed media on canvas including: oil paint, acrylic paint, spray paint, acrylic ink, oil pastel, texture paste, gesso
This piece is a later addition to my 'Urban Animals' collection, which is a series of paintings linking human environments to the natural world and reflecting on how humans and animals live in a tense balance with each other.
The brush strokes are loose- I wanted to play with pixelation and pattern when I was rendering the scales of the snake. The pixelation is a reminder of our digital age, but also acts as a camouflage, breaking up the snake's silhouette. In the painting, there are lots of cool colours (icy blues and greys) with pops of bright, candy-sour greens that guide the eye around the painting in an angular path. The acidic green feels unnatural and poisonous, perhaps a reminder that we as humans are poisoning the natural world around us, as well as the venom of the snake.
‘Garden of Eden’, 2023, 100 x 100 x 4 cm
Mixed media on canvas including: oil paint, acrylic paint, spray paint, acrylic ink, oil pastel, texture paste, gesso
This piece is a later addition to my 'Urban Animals' collection, which is a series of paintings linking human environments to the natural world and reflecting on how humans and animals live in a tense balance with each other.
The brush strokes are loose- I wanted to play with pixelation and pattern when I was rendering the scales of the snake. The pixelation is a reminder of our digital age, but also acts as a camouflage, breaking up the snake's silhouette. In the painting, there are lots of cool colours (icy blues and greys) with pops of bright, candy-sour greens that guide the eye around the painting in an angular path. The acidic green feels unnatural and poisonous, perhaps a reminder that we as humans are poisoning the natural world around us, as well as the venom of the snake.