Sunday, February 15, 2015

New Series- Earth Night

Earth Night 1
Inspired by this image...
Things have been a bit slow in the etsy shop after the holidays and this has given me the opportunity to try a new series for the Brown Paper Bag Collage Contest.  The theme of the contest is New Landscapes and my approach has a lot to do with the idea that more and more people are choosing to live in urban places.  My consideration of this topic might have a lot to do with missing the vibrancy of city life and an eagerness to move back to Nashville proper.  Fortunately, Chris and I only have about a month until the house will be finished and we will back in the glimmering urban area we love so much.

Beyond the personal aspects of this approach to "New Landscapes," I've come across several articles, which support this idea of urban areas becoming more and more dense.  This made me consider how this migration to cities will translate in earth images taken at night.

Above depicts an abstract take on an earth night image I found using Google.  The seize is 24x24.  I am revisiting abstraction after a 7 year hiatus... so much re-learning and learning to be done, especially working with paper instead of paint.  I'd like to create three more images for this series and would love feedback!