The Aviform Prehistoric Geometric Sign – Drawing of a Cliff & Birds.

A romance, a dream, a fantasy. These cliffs in Quercy Périgord, where the people of the Ice Age once lived. They mark my mental landscape, as they must have also made a deep impression on the minds of the hunter-gatherers. Romanticism attempts an affective fusion between person & her enviroment. Science attempts to practice detached…

Stone Lithograph of a Stone Cliff . Dogen : Rock face as geological life

Stone lithograph of a cliff  –  “the elephant” ‘The Elephant’ – Drawing of a Cliff. Graphite, biro & watercolour. A3 © Adam Cope We, mankind, arose amidst the wandering of the ice and marched with it. We are in some sense shaped by it, as it has shaped the stones. Perhaps our very fondness for…

What does ‘Medium’ Mean in Fine Art Practice? The same view in three different mediums.

Interesting to see the same landscape view in three different mediums : drawing, watercolour & stone lithography. Different material, different effect. Each medium is good for certain effects. In the above three images,, watercolour is delicate colours & brushmarks, conté is so immediate & so fresh, lithography is good for  a design, a powerful composition.…

Don’t Fall Off!

some watercolours from last autumn in the Célé valley. Vertigo?   Impossible blue sky but true…  yes true deep blue with only free wheeling birds 🙂 The blue sky that envelops us all… that evokes a sense of freedom in me 🙂

Limestone macro photograph

“Paesina – ‘landscape’ – stone comes from Tuscany, Italy. A silty limestone formed during the Cretaceous period, it is marked by a 3D network of fine cracks through which groundwater diffuses bringing oxides of various minerals and creating the intricate, landscape-like colours and patterns” Photograph: Earth Images Ltd Interesting on-line exhibition of Earth Images Ltd…

Cliffs at St.Avit Senieur, Dordogne

‘Cliffs at St.Avit de Senieur, Dordogne‘ Medium Size Oil on Canvas 36 x 48cm (approx 18 x 15 inches). © adam cope Not long now untill the cliffs become dressed with a green canopy veil. ‘Sous le Ruth 1’ (dans le Vézère) Watercolour A3 © adam cope  

Karst Landscape at the End of Winter

  ‘Karst Landscape’ unfinished state Large Oil on Canvas 81 x 65 cm (approx 32 x 26 inches) © The Artist.Detail Karst topography is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karst ‘Les Anglais, Brenques’ (Célé Vallée, Lot) 1996 Ink, papier Moulin…