Linear Drawings and Paintings
As a starting point for my MA, I knew I was interested in nature and biophilia. I am drawn to nature, growing up in Urban settings and places in nature that gives me 'awe' such as mountains, waterfalls and beaches. I started drawing biophilia from places I had visited, which captured me.
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Initially, I started drawing simple motifs and linear drawings of places I had visited and tried to capture some of the awe I experienced in the drawings. I was inspired by places like Barbican Conservatory in London, leaves I made leaves out of newspaper and wire, and places that I have visited while travelling in Australia as a starting point.
Drawing from Barbican Conservatory
Drawing of leaves and vines
Drawing from Barbican Conservatory
Drawing of Pulpit Rock - Cape Schanck - Australia
Drawing of Bay of Fires - Tasmania
Drawing of Cradle Mountain from Dove Lake Lookout - Tasmania
Drawing of Cradle Mountain from the summit.
Watercolour paintings. Top - Bay of Fires-Tasmania, Bottom Left - Pulpit Rock Cape Schanck, Bottom right- Cradle Mountain Summit - Tasmania.
As I developed my theme and research, I started to focus on designing an Immersive Environment based on the Awe-inspiring nature I had seen. I focused initially on two places:
-Devils Pulpit - a Gorge in Scotland
-Loch Avon in the Cairngorm mountain range - Scotland.
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I have also taken some inspiration from parks and nature around me to add additional motifs to my collection to use in my environments.
Watercolour painting of Loch Avon
Linear Drawing of Devils Pulpit
Gouache paintings and Linear drawings
Gouache paintings, Watercolour paintings and Linear drawings
Linear drawings
Linear drawings
Mixture Gouache paintings, Watercolour paintings
Gouache paintings, lookingat beaches and the ocean to explore how nature makes us feel
As my work concept developed, I started looking more in-depth at Moss and the texture of rock walls.
Line drawing and Gouche painting from PlitviceNational Park in Croatia