The landscape paintings that I have made have all been trying to make a space behind the surface. A space that was clearly false but that you could see into, like a reflection or even a photograph. In a sense it doesn't matter what view you draw as long as it encourages the viewer to look into it, but I had come to Scandinavia to draw the dramatic landscapes that I'd imagined I would find. I have made a lot of paintings of roads, taking photos from the drivers seat. I wanted to avoid that here but to play safe I continued to photograph the road occasionally
The landscape paintings that I have made have all been trying to make a space behind the surface. A space that was clearly false but that you could see into, like a reflection or even a photograph. In a sense it doesn't matter what view you draw as long as it encourages the viewer to look into it, but I had come to Scandinavia to draw the dramatic landscapes that I'd imagined I would find. I have made a lot of paintings of roads, taking photos from the drivers seat. I wanted to avoid that here but to play safe I continued to photograph the road occasionally
