Within a Hemic Afterburn
Cyano, copper verdigris, sodium carbonate on canvas
63 x 43cm

These works were created in response to the work (specifically the background skies) of JMW Turner’s work ahead of his exhibition ‘The Sun is God’ at the National Gallery of Ireland.

Beginning with the process of cyanotype painting (painting with sunlight) I exposed canvas material soaked in light-sensitive liquid to UV rays, which initially turned the surface a deep Prussian blue. Inspired by Turner’s approach to building colour, his use of positive and negative space, and his unusual (often criticised) use of alternative methods of colour production I then explored further oxidisations, allowing colour to emerge and disappear depending on the mineralogical reactions occurring on the surface.

The resulting works evoke a fleeting yet energetic atmosphere that seems to move in and out of focus on the canvas.

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