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I work with photographic images in a few different ways. This piece is where I have enlarged a very small detail of a photograph I had taken of a small unused quarry in the Elan Valley, Wales. I find that working in this way reveals hidden qualities and atmospheres that evoke the spirit of a place much more than a literal depiction of a scene.
The form of this small oak tree reminded me of the works of the Romantic painters of the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as the well-known book illustrators of folk and fairy tales. That echo of other art forms and media is something I find enchanting, and aligns a thoroughly modern medium to its antecedents.
Often the enlargement of the photographic image pushes the resolution to its limits: again something that both identifies the unique features of a medium and highlights the visual choices the artist must make in the tension between representation v. abstraction.
Designed by Simon Hughes Lilly
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