17/07/2024
Star palm
Working at night reveals a very different world. This tall beach palm in a bay in Mallorca would hardly be noticed during the day as it is surrounded by a myriad sun loungers, palm leaf umbrella shades and the summer cornucopia of the holiday period with tiny humans moving around its base.
It is invisible from the snaking promenade that is only yards away and our eyes miss its presence completely at night.
Sitting for a while looking out to a dark sea
I became aware of a tall looming canopy picking up extraneous light from nearby villas.
The backdrop of stars on a clear night adds to this lone night glamour and by teasing an exposure from my camera this plant shows us its sculptural and textured form in a hundred different greys. To view the effect of the stars in the sky use your finger and thumb to enlarge the image.
To be released in August as an edition of
8 printings only and one artist proof at www.ateliereditions.com.
Dim: 148 x 106 cm.
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