Utopia

A Two week project to create a utopian image which evolves from a 3 dimensional Marquette made from off cuts and found images to a 2 dimensional oil on canvas painting and constructed in the style of artist Dexter Dalwood using his process of collage inspired works. The piece should have mixed perspectives that clash and are disjointed so may end up as a more dystopian feel.

The found images were found from news papers and magazines. Some images had more significance than others. An image of a Lyn Chadwick sculpture, an ancient ruin and a Thomas Moore wood cut. These images were placed in a small box acting as a stage set and could be adjusted and moved accordingly.

Once the Marquette was complete a 36×24 canvas was used to recreate the image, however we were advised to not simple paint what we saw but to explore it further and let the painting evolve past the model. As an ‘experienced’ painter I relished this part and included additional perspective lines, mountains, terraced houses and intense vertical lines with a monolith in the left foreground which dominates. As per the brief conflicting  perspectives are everywhere. The end result is interesting and as an experiment it was a journey but as a successful painting in mot sure.