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Artist Statement
Whether it is the alien moonscape of Coober Pedy, the lushness of the Daintree Rainforest, the crisp chill of the Tasmanian Highlands, the wide treeless plains surrounded by beaches, or even a meeting of friends at the local Café; to experience ‘landscape’ is an awesome thing, and thus a great source of inspiration.
I find that I cannot limit my interpretations to just one media; this is because there are so many aspects to our environment and one style would seem to limit our sense’s ability to absorb an experience.
A re-creation of a landscape however, can only ever be that; a simulation of the real thing. So the enjoyment for me is in applying an underlying experience to the purely visual; stimulating the viewer into a closer association with my interpretation of the scene. I therefore use many mediums to translate these ideas, whether it is purely aesthetic, a social commentary, whimsical, or even a larrikinish work. From painting to digital manipulation, and 3D assemblages to audio installations, the landscape has a thousand faces and I’d like to explore them all.
Recently my arts practice has been spread between satirical installations utilising Australian iconography and using my hard drive to help me manipulate images- I have been processing digital photographs to the point of colour separation, and then painting the resulting digital construct, examining a link between the layering of block colours and the representation of 3D.
I look forward to all of my future investigations.
Because I am a Visual Artist there are alot of images on this site. If this scares you you may just want to travel to MyRecentWorks, this is an over view of the last 12 months work.
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Simon
