muted landscape paired version

hey thanks Mel….. it’s hard to present a series of work here and the pair above is meant to look like two individually framed images that have been hung together….. a bit of an imaginative leap to be honest but it helps me build a mental image before I get to the point of forking out all the bucks to make the work…...

I’m really glad you like the colouring of these as normally I’d just go straight black and white with landscapes like these….. thanks again….. preiciate it…...”)

oh ha ha … your a dreadful wag…... I was standing in the middle of a place I think of as THE BIG VALLEY coz it’s so incredibly ginormous you can barely breathe there… all these shots were taken with a 2.4mm wide angle lens and it still takes about sixteen pivots to get the whole bowl of the hills in it….. any way cheers you ratbag…. you have made me laugh twice today now…....:)

good you good thing you…..:)

hey thanks Bryan….. I’m thinking that the actual framed images are going to look pretty striking somehow….. glad you like these shots…..:)

and Bryan…. I really like your new avatar…. very cute…..:)

why thank you muchly kind sir…...:)

thanks Globalphoto’s…..:)

thanks Linda…. I quite like putting a little colour into these b/w images…. the more I reflect on them the more I think they are going to be OK somehow…. good to get some feedback here though…...:)

Thanks Sarah… I’m still fooling about with it….it’s a couple of months out from the exhibition …. glad you like it…..:)

thanks Jan…..glad you like it…..:)

hi Pat… yes the diptych can be quite a powerful way to present something as huge as the landscape…. I think it’s going to work…. I may even do them bigger that 20×24 ….. glad you like this and can read its antecents…. :)

Thanks Jules…. and that uneven break… yes I contemplated that fully….. that’s the hook in the image somehow…. it’s not one photo printed in half but two seperate images sitting ever so slightly at odds with each other…like you say the brain fills in the line of the hills but some how also registers something that’s just not quite right…. and that adds to the mystery at the heart of the image….. any that’s my theory and I’m sticking to it…....:)

thanks heaps Shania…..:)

thanks berndt2…I’m still fooling around with different ways to present these…. it may all change again….but I like the paired images though… that could work well….... glad you like these funny landscapes….:)

thanks very much Priscilla… glad you like it

thanks davehiskey… glad you like it…..:)

hi and thanks Steven… glad you like it…..:)

hi renehales…. thanks and the muted colour should look good against the dark walls…... glad you like it…..:)

thanks butch…. the images actually overlap a bit but I like having the opportunity to fake reality and all all done without the aid of photoshop…. well not a lot anyway… nothing I wouldn’t do in a wet darkroom….. glad you like these… I think they are going to work well….. :)

thanks Nikki I’m glad you like the divided image presentation….......:)

hi Miriam… I’ll try and look that up…..and if that is a good thing then that will be a good thing indeed…...:)

hhi dinghy… and thanks … I’m still considering how to actually present them to be honest…. not sure about the framing at all…. they may look better as really large prints that are suspended…. no frame at all….....we’ll see…....:)

thanks Mike I’m going to do a few of these pairs but am still considering all options for the final size of these and the framing… the walls at Parliment House where it’s to be hung are a dark wine colour and there are specific requirements for hanging works in the venue…. so I’m trying to develop a cohesive body of work that looks eyepopping within the limitations of the physical space.

yes this was rejected by the Fine Art of Photography group…. no joke…...it doesn’t fit into their rules for work that can be considered to be a work of Art….. wankers…..

thanks very much…..:)

hi carlein….thanks heaps for your kind comments…. I’m thinking that this one is my favorite at the minute as well…....:)

hello mr teeth….. and thanks this one is my fav so far….but there is one more I have yet to do….....:)

ahh that is so nice….. this iexhibition is in a very nice location as well being just up from Circular Quay…..I’ve got eight metres of hanging space so I’ll get maybe two pairs in I think…. this one above and one that I haven’t done yet…...

you say the nicest things sometimes…...:)

there are times when I feel quite intimately aquainted with that selfsame hedge myself….....:)

thanks agalia…. I’m really pleased that I have the opportunity to make the work and to be able to show it…..I think that they will look fine…..:)

hello FauxCollages…. and thanks…...:)

why thank you again kind sir…..:)

I just love the way you say that…...:)

hi Philip and thanks…. they look so amazing in real life…. I printed them onto 325 gsm warm beige Fabrizoni watercolour paper then each pair went into a double cut mid grey matt and then a glossy black box frame…. they are 106 cms by 52 cms and there are four of them in total so they can be double hung….. they don’t really look like that much on the screen but it gives you an idea….. I’m very pleased with them and I’m really really hoping that they sell … now that really would cheer me up…...:)

hi Candyworld and thanks…..

hi kaya-ra and thanks for your pertinent comment… and thats great that you can feel like you are experiencing the feeling of being there…. I think that’s the best thing any artist can hope for….. :)

thanks heaps Holly I’m glad you like them….:)

hello SdeVarax….glad you like this …it’s a beautiful place….:)

hello Clare and thanks…. and yes in may ways this image seems to talk …... glad you like it…...:)

hello Jayca and thanks…. it infact looks lovely as a finished bit of work…. and I don’t mind a bit of the unexpected….. it often works much better than the expected…...:)

thanks Stephen glad you like them….:)

thanks heaps Michael….. they look so nice in real life…. :)

Hi Chetan and thanks… I have made them in now and they are hanging in Parliment House …. and they look lovely…..the prints are A3 in size and theyare printed onto 325 gsm warm beige Fabrizoni watercolour paper then each pair went into a double cut mid grey matt and then a glossy black box frame…. they are 106 cms by 52 cms and there are four of them in total so they can be double hung…they look really special actually I’m really pleased to be honest…. I’ll be happier if they sell mind you…..the framing cost a bomb ….. anyway I’m glad you like these little landscapes…....:)

hey thanks Friederike…. glad you like this

hi Geraldine… they ended up look just luscious…. the framing really set them off… they are on exhibition till the 19th December at Parliment House in Sydney…..and gee I’d be pleased if they sold too….. make a big difference to my state of mind at the moment… not that that’s got anything to do with the artworks themselve….....:)

hi Rosalie…. has this been featured again…. I’m amazed… this mock up is just such a small indication of what the finished work looks like…. thanks for your kindness in commenting on this and pointing out that it’s been featured….. :)

hi Christine… I’m so glad you found this and had a look …. thanks

hi Antanas…..and thanks…...:)

hi Mel…. yes finally I got into Parliment House and managed to have a little look at them…. today actually… and then went and took more photo’s of the big city buildings around there….. was nice actually…..:)

Hi Mel….well I’m happy with the work itself but it’s a problematic venue…. lighting is not wonderful ….. access is tricky and meh….. I’d have to think carefully about doing it in this venue again to be honest…. still I am glad I made the work and I’ll maybe post some images in the next couple of days…...:)

hi Mel…. I was just thinking I might post a couple of shots from the QVB that might be interesting to see what you got there at the same time…..:)

helllo Catherine and thanks …...:)

thanks heaps keonphotography …I’m glad you like it…..:)

thanks heaps Alessandro…. glad you like this…...:)

hi there Tibby and thanks…. I ended up being really pleased with these… they looked really good in the end…. thanks for having a look…...:)