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Extraordinary and intriguing award-winning images.
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Stuart Hill:
"I intentionally try to blur the lines between photography and painting. The work presented here includes:
- straight photographs, some of which are like abstract paintings
- photographs cut and re-assembled to make new images
- photographs used as the starting point for a digital painting
- miniature paintings photographically enlarged to show microscopic detail.
Although all the manipulation of images is done digitally, I restrict myself to techniques replicable in a normal darkroom. I'm not afraid to defy convention and believe my work is at the cutting edge.
I hope you enjoy it"
Stuart lives in Shetland, the most northerly isles of the UK and finds constant inspiration in this wonderful part of the world.
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Photographs cut and re-formed into new images. Many of these confuse the eye with Escher-like perspectives and changes of orientation. |
Cyprus Dawn |
Harem2 |
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Photopaintings - using a photograph as the starting point to build a digital painting. The original photograph still exists, but suggestions of changed perspective, scale and orientation fool the eye. |
Citadel Sun |
Pipe Dream |
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Miniature paintings painted on acetate about 1" square are enlarged to reveal microscopic detail. |
Kelp Forest |
Eye of the Storm |
Themes:
A number of themes run through the work:
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Death at Decca documents decay and destruction around an old wireless navigation station in Shetland. |
Sweet & Sour Spare Ribs |
Earth Surf |
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Shetland Lines is about lines in the landscape, both large and small scale. |
South North Divide |
Little Big Horn's Dream |
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EnvironMENTAL comments on the abuse of the environment for private gain. |
For Peat's Sake |
MOT Failure |
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Onset of Rain gives the alternative view of Shetland. |
Onset of Rain - Lerwick 1 |
Onset of Rain - Lerwick 3 |
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Window on the World tantalisingly views the world through narrow slots. |
Window on the World |
Sea Slot |
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