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Every Drop Counts
Mixed Media on Canvas
150 x 100 cm
2017
SOLD
150 x 100 cm
2017
SOLD
I created this piece as a response to the brief given by the UN Waterboard. We wanted to promote World Water Day which is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
Initially I was considering how I use water, particularly in my garden as its where I go back to the elements and feel more connected to the planet, however given the enormity of the subject I decided it was more important to communicate this topic in a universal way, so I stripped it back to a single droplet suspended above a surface of rippling water. To make the importance of that water felt I wanted to create a large-scale piece that imposed the image onto the viewer and gave the water magnitude. I created depth with liquid layers of ink and oil to enhance the viscosity of the painting and by including the patterns of light glancing over the surface. The colours I used are highly saturated, again this is to give the water additional significance; richness of colour in painting has long been associated with rank and value. Overall, I want this piece to make people stop and consider, to get lost in the water and remember the substance and worth it has.
Initially I was considering how I use water, particularly in my garden as its where I go back to the elements and feel more connected to the planet, however given the enormity of the subject I decided it was more important to communicate this topic in a universal way, so I stripped it back to a single droplet suspended above a surface of rippling water. To make the importance of that water felt I wanted to create a large-scale piece that imposed the image onto the viewer and gave the water magnitude. I created depth with liquid layers of ink and oil to enhance the viscosity of the painting and by including the patterns of light glancing over the surface. The colours I used are highly saturated, again this is to give the water additional significance; richness of colour in painting has long been associated with rank and value. Overall, I want this piece to make people stop and consider, to get lost in the water and remember the substance and worth it has.
