DESERT LANDSCAPE WALL ART
Chile boasts some intriguing and varied landscapes but it was my visit to the Atacama Salt Flats that really captured my imagination and inspired this series of desert landscape wall art. There were vast open spaces encrusted with dried salt crystals and a surprising amount of water. I had never been anywhere like this before and I couldn’t wait to create new work inspired by my visit. On my return I created some salt crystals of my own and screen printed their shapes onto cloth as a way to build up colour and create the visual texture. Just like the desert landscape I wanted the art to have a feeling of space but also provide lots of visual interest to those that looked up close. Click on any of the mages to enlarge work.
Xenotopia I - NFS
100 x 100 cm
Xenotopia II - Sold
Xenotopia III - Sold
The vast open spaces of the Salt Flats, in the Atacama Desert, Chile inspired my series of desert landscape art. This was like nowhere else I had been before. The salt crystals were rock hard and the atmosphere very hot and I can imagine myself back there when I look at work in this series.
The fabric for this piece was created by printing and overprinting the salt crystal shapes onto the fabric to create a simplified view of the desert landscape. The square-ish shape of the stitches mimics the shape of the salt crystals.
If you have any questions about the work, then please contact me and I’ll be pleased to help.
Size:
Approx 111 × 77
Materials:
Fabric, fabric paint and stitch
Framing:
No framing, hangs from a baton. Can be rolled
Unglazed
Ready to hang
Price excludes delivery
All That is Seen and Unseen - Sold
46 x 49 cm
Shortlisted for the Chaiya Art Award 2020
Desert Blue - Sold
Available as a print on canvas or as a giclee print