StrangeScapes is an extension of my Alien Landscapes series and an exploration of how these imagined ecosystems can evolve beyond the painted surface. This is an ongoing series of digital assemblages where hand painted elements from my mixed media paintings are digitally taken apart, and are 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 paintings and their virtual avatars are layered, rich, and their merging more dramatic than the original pieces of art they were born from. While each piece exists as a digital assemblage in its own right, the works can also be reprinted and hand embellished to produce unique, one of a kind iterations. More recently, I have begun animating these speculative worlds, extending the series into moving image and new media installations.
