Tropos 3 Painting

The painting was inspired by a voyage on the German research ship Polarstern in which I was artist in residence. I made sketches on deck during the 4 week journey through the Atlantic. This painting is based on a sketch made in the English Channel at the beginning of the voyage and also of my memories of the voyage. During the expedition I made friends with atmospheric physicists from Leipzig University in Germany who were conducting research into the tropospheric aerosols above the ship as we passed down the Atlantic towards Cape Town using a continuous laser beam. They sent me their colourful abstract looking data after the voyage and I laser printed and glue a portion of it onto the canvas representing the time around the making of the sketches. I then painted my seascape over the top of their data allowing some of it to show through, especially just above the horizon line. I hope viewers will feel the sense of space and movement I am trying to convey but also a sense of strangeness from the collision of the abstract looking scientific data with my representations of clouds and the surface of the sea. Whereas science aims to describe, explain and predict nature, my art is essentially an expression of feeling and thought inspired by the experience of nature. The fusion of the two creates something new which speaks to our times.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:48 W x 24 H x 1.5 D in

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