Darwin Exhibition 2009
BNSS, Bournemouth, Dorset
ARTISTS STATEMENT 2009 – DARWIN EXHIBITION
TITLE: ENLIGHTENMENT
I am studying Fine Art at The Arts University College, Bournemouth and I have been concentrating on conveying ideas, thoughts and notions using the media of paint. The invitation to represent an aspect of something so enormous as Darwin’s Theory of Evolution as a painting was a challenge. The image of the ammonite shown spiralling backwards for millions of years towards the origin of life on earth has been combined with the living colours of the Peacock butterfly, widely collected by the Victorians. Both are found at BNSS and locally in Dorset and link the past with the present. Black overshadows the origin of species. It symbolises the lack of knowledge that existed in 1859 and pays tribute to the mystery and intense controversy that still exists today. Shining white shows the path of evolution and represents enlightenment and blue echoes the early arrival of the blue-green algae.
ARTISTS STATEMENT 2009 – DARWIN EXHIBITION
TITLE: ENLIGHTENMENT
I am studying Fine Art at The Arts University College, Bournemouth and I have been concentrating on conveying ideas, thoughts and notions using the media of paint. The invitation to represent an aspect of something so enormous as Darwin’s Theory of Evolution as a painting was a challenge. The image of the ammonite shown spiralling backwards for millions of years towards the origin of life on earth has been combined with the living colours of the Peacock butterfly, widely collected by the Victorians. Both are found at BNSS and locally in Dorset and link the past with the present. Black overshadows the origin of species. It symbolises the lack of knowledge that existed in 1859 and pays tribute to the mystery and intense controversy that still exists today. Shining white shows the path of evolution and represents enlightenment and blue echoes the early arrival of the blue-green algae.
