Transient Perspectives
My final artwork, Transient Perspectives, communicates the theme, perspectives. I have always loved the sky and found peace by watching the clouds and the light change when flying in my father鈥檚 plane or aero chute as a little girl. I understand that individuals around me, and worldwide, have different experiences, thus perspective of the world around them, thereby a different connection to it. I wanted to explore the difference between perspectives, and the deeper meaning that they hold, with reference to the sky. To approach this concept, I explored how elements of the sky can be depicted, such as the light, shape, and colour, to form a deeper meaning and emotion when portraying different perspectives.
The sky connects most individuals, and I am motivated to understand the way different perspectives alter the connection with an object, such as the sky, thereby the meaning it has to an individual. As someone who finds beauty in the shapes and colours of the clouds, as well as the patterns of light in the sky, I aim to share my own appreciation of the sky鈥檚 beauty.
The Impressionists, like Claude Monet, were the first artists to take art outside, capturing the natural light and its effects on objects. As such, I focussed on the light in the sky by using drafting film and exploring negative space to represent the brightest parts of the sky. When viewing drafting film at different angles, it changes the way an image is depicted, as light reflects off the film, which I found represented how people often view the sky. The panelled artwork, Leichhardt Port Essington Arrival, by Caroline Rannersberger influenced me to abstract an image through separating it into panels. The abstraction of an image leaves it open to interpretation of a viewer, thereby encouraging a different perspective.
I aimed to depict three perspectives of the sky: the detail of light and colour in the foreground, the simple shapes of the clouds and my own perspective with my father鈥檚 plane. Although, through leaving the image open for interpretation audiences can experience their own perspective of the work. Thereby, Transient Perspectives acted as a starting point to get an audience thinking about their connection with the sky.
Successfully exploring the theme of perspectives through the creation of Transient Perspectives allowed me to critically consider how other people think and feel about the sky. Through layering each panel, exhibiting detailed pencil drawings of the sky on drafting film, abstracting watercolour on paper and printing shapes of my father鈥檚 plane and aero chute, I communicated the idea that one image can have different meanings to different individuals. Personally, I have improved my aesthetic when working with pencil and watercolour because of this artwork and expanded my understanding of composition through creating a panelled artwork.
