My Deconstructed World
Inspired by my travels and the natural world, I create vibrant, tactile mixed media artworks. As a prolific photographer, I begin by capturing images of the things that interest me, I paint on location and finally respond through my mixed media textile outcomes. Contemplating the impact of technology on our time and the consequence of seeing more of our world on a screen than in reality, I go through a process of deconstruction and pixilation of my painted textiles that results in an offset view representing the disconnection between the real and digital world.
Inspired by my travels and the natural world, I create vibrant, tactile mixed media artworks. As a prolific photographer, I begin by capturing images of the things that interest me, I paint on location and finally respond through my mixed media textile outcomes. Contemplating the impact of technology on our time and the consequence of seeing more of our world on a screen than in reality, I go through a process of deconstruction and pixilation of my painted textiles that results in an offset view representing the disconnection between the real and digital world.
Photograph taken in Aquitaine, France
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Lac de Cezaux & Sanguinet,
Mixed Media Textiles
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The pixilation of subjects has become a key concept within my work. I deconstruct my responses until the details, colours and textures take on an identity of their own and subsequently work together in harmony when reconstructed; a bit like life and all the things that we experience along the way that make each one of us unique.
My exhibition 'Around the World in a Million Pixels' connects my travels, my photography, my painted studies and my final mixed media textile outcomes.
My exhibition 'Around the World in a Million Pixels' connects my travels, my photography, my painted studies and my final mixed media textile outcomes.
A Middle Aged Adventure
Since 2016 my husband and I have lived something of a nomadic lifestyle. We sold our home and purchased a motorhome. We gave up our jobs and comfortable lifestyle and set off driving around Europe for extended trips. We began our ‘Middle Aged Adventure’, which we've blogged about as we travelled (www.facebook.com/groups/1753067228263636/). Once we'd covered many European destinations we started to think about flying and sailing to some further afield destinations such as Alaska, South America, Australia and Asia.
Not exactly backpacking, maybe more like flashpacking.
The sense of freedom is contagious. We love seeing beautiful places, meeting interesting people and moving on when we want to. As a prolific photographer, I just can’t stop myself clicking away at crusty buildings, lakes, mountains, reflections, reflections and more reflections; so much inspiration for my art and a lot of it seems to be from water. I realise that I have something of an obsession with water, it can be calming, exhilarating, thought provoking and whether it be a lake, river or the sea, there is something about being near water that I love.
We aim to inspire other people to travel and not just wait for retirement. For us, it took family berievements to serve as a reminder to live a little and not to let life pass us by.
Life is for living................
You can follow our trips on Facebook/amiddleagedadventure also Instagram and youtube.
We have a very informative website to help you to plan your own adventures.
www.amiddleagedadventure.com
Or you can contact us to help you plan something amazing
copvek@gmail.com
Since 2016 my husband and I have lived something of a nomadic lifestyle. We sold our home and purchased a motorhome. We gave up our jobs and comfortable lifestyle and set off driving around Europe for extended trips. We began our ‘Middle Aged Adventure’, which we've blogged about as we travelled (www.facebook.com/groups/1753067228263636/). Once we'd covered many European destinations we started to think about flying and sailing to some further afield destinations such as Alaska, South America, Australia and Asia.
Not exactly backpacking, maybe more like flashpacking.
The sense of freedom is contagious. We love seeing beautiful places, meeting interesting people and moving on when we want to. As a prolific photographer, I just can’t stop myself clicking away at crusty buildings, lakes, mountains, reflections, reflections and more reflections; so much inspiration for my art and a lot of it seems to be from water. I realise that I have something of an obsession with water, it can be calming, exhilarating, thought provoking and whether it be a lake, river or the sea, there is something about being near water that I love.
We aim to inspire other people to travel and not just wait for retirement. For us, it took family berievements to serve as a reminder to live a little and not to let life pass us by.
Life is for living................
You can follow our trips on Facebook/amiddleagedadventure also Instagram and youtube.
We have a very informative website to help you to plan your own adventures.
www.amiddleagedadventure.com
Or you can contact us to help you plan something amazing
copvek@gmail.com
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