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Parke Diem

Creator

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Description

Of infinite loops Olfactory hallucinations Lemon & mint Raspberry gummies Candy wheels bicycle rides & dancing with dragonflies • Parke Diem, 2022 Parke Diem is the first animated piece in the ongoing series of whimsical digital assemblages - StrangeScapes, where digital copies of my many physical mixed media paintings are cannibalised for parts, mixed with pieces that typically don't belong together - digitally embellished and reassembled into whimsical clusters of mutated landscapes, strange beasties, candy trails, constellations, faux fungi and other absurdities. The resultant hybrids of these physical artworks and their virtual avatars are an agglomerate of elements from the natural world and the world of fiction, layered, rich, and their merging more dramatic than the original pieces of art they were born from.These nature imitating hybrid clusters in my art reside at a fantastical intersection of real & the fictitious. And borrow from both. In my physical art, I allow for organic destiny and follow the lead of the fluid paint layers, using it as guide to build a flourish of biomorphic forms. However, creating the composites in StrangeScapes involves a more intentional breaking of existing structures and reassembling of them into newer, denser, chaordic, hybrid forms with a mind of their own. Resisting the urge to over edit and paint over the collage in digital format, these StrangeScapes hold echoes of their old selves created in traditional media, revealing the grain of the canvas, the crest and troughs in the lines drawn by a pen running on an uneven surface, misplaced paint splatters and the wee off-kilterness of the human hand, adding to the narrative of the work. This series is grounded in the strange and fantastical. It is a celebration of the ever evolving, and ever enchanted everyday in life, alongside beautiful dilapidation.

Traits

Tag

surrealism