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]]>“The paintings deal with the tensions and dichotomies in the depiction of the natural world and our relationship to it,” she relayed once in an interview with The Art and the Curious.
“I am concurrently exploring the sublime in nature whilst imbuing a sense of toxicity and artificiality in this depiction,” she notes.
The intention, according to Shaw, is to reflect upon the contradiction between our inherent connection to the natural world and continual distancing from it.
Using swirls of acrylic paint, ink, glitters and powders, Shaw mimics the flow of natural processes. According to Shaw, her interest in landscape painting began after a visit to Central Australia.
“A visit to Central Australia in 2004 really helped me coalesce ideas about the materiality of paint and how this could connect with the material world through landscape,” she relayed in an interview with Lost At E Minor. “The sedimentary layers of rocks literally looked like the paint I was playing around with in my studio, and it started from there.”
Having shown her work extensively throughout Australia, as well as New York, and Seoul, Shaw has also been included in prominent Australian art prizes.
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]]>Taking a maximalist approach, the viewer is presented with a hyper-detailed scene that invites repeated exploration—if you dare step inside.
“I create spaces for the viewer to explore and respond to however they will,” he remarked once in an interview with Indigits. “So in that sense, the interpretation is open and free.”
Born in rural Ontario, Borrett is currently based in Toronto, where he works in the visual effects industry for both TV and film. Having graduated from the Illustration Program at the Ontario College of Art & Design in 1998, his work blends traditional drawing with digital techniques.
According to Borrett, his work often highlights the tension between security and insecurity: “I often draw spaces that you might want to hide in or hide from, or where outside and inside are blurred. Protective walls are breached.”
A natural-born builder who’d grown up on Lego, his work is also very much a dialogue with the natural world. “The natural world inspires me most,” says Borrett, “the way it resolves into infinite detail in both directions, if you have the eyes or instruments to look closely enough.”
Scroll down to see some recent highlights from his Instagram.
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]]>The post Kate Shaw’s Landscapes Highlight the Tension Between Man and Nature appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.
]]>“The paintings deal with the tensions and dichotomies in the depiction of the natural world and our relationship to it,” she relayed once in an interview with The Art and the Curious.
“I am concurrently exploring the sublime in nature whilst imbuing a sense of toxicity and artificiality in this depiction,” she notes.
The intention, according to Shaw, is to reflect upon the contradiction between our inherent connection to the natural world and continual distancing from it.
Using swirls of acrylic paint, ink, glitters and powders, Shaw mimics the flow of natural processes. According to Shaw, her interest in landscape painting began after a visit to Central Australia.
“A visit to Central Australia in 2004 really helped me coalesce ideas about the materiality of paint and how this could connect with the material world through landscape,” she relayed in an interview with Lost At E Minor. “The sedimentary layers of rocks literally looked like the paint I was playing around with in my studio, and it started from there.”
Having shown her work extensively throughout Australia, as well as New York, and Seoul, Shaw has also been included in prominent Australian art prizes.
The post Kate Shaw’s Landscapes Highlight the Tension Between Man and Nature appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.
]]>The post There’s More Than Meets the Eye in Mathew Borrett’s Illustrations appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.
]]>Taking a maximalist approach, the viewer is presented with a hyper-detailed scene that invites repeated exploration—if you dare step inside.
“I create spaces for the viewer to explore and respond to however they will,” he remarked once in an interview with Indigits. “So in that sense, the interpretation is open and free.”
Born in rural Ontario, Borrett is currently based in Toronto, where he works in the visual effects industry for both TV and film. Having graduated from the Illustration Program at the Ontario College of Art & Design in 1998, his work blends traditional drawing with digital techniques.
According to Borrett, his work often highlights the tension between security and insecurity: “I often draw spaces that you might want to hide in or hide from, or where outside and inside are blurred. Protective walls are breached.”
A natural-born builder who’d grown up on Lego, his work is also very much a dialogue with the natural world. “The natural world inspires me most,” says Borrett, “the way it resolves into infinite detail in both directions, if you have the eyes or instruments to look closely enough.”
Scroll down to see some recent highlights from his Instagram.
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