Portraiture... but with maps!

Our trip to A Foundation a few weeks ago proved to be invaluable. The work of Anitti Laitinen had a strong impact on my work, and has provided a much needed turning point.

His work is not just a portrait, it is a satellite assisted documentaion of his journey in a hand made boat.But it is the linear quality that attracted me to it. I have a real interest in line, tone and volume, and this mapping out in Laitinen's work has made me want to consider maps within my own practice. This has lead me to investigate topography.

Here are a couple of the paintings I have made a start on.

In order to make the works more map like I have zoomed in on certain features. I hope this will also cause the viewer to contemplate the paintings for a bit longer in order to work out what they depict.