Threes turn up everywhere - in folklore (maiden, mother, crone), time (past, present, future), mythology (the fates and many other 'trinities') and of course in art as triptychs. I started thinking about hydrology and the water cycle, and how mechanical this is in many ways, and this led me on to ideas about air, land and sea. However, I didn't want to separate these formally as a triptych, but fortunately I had three small canvases that needed to be re-used and they turned into
Hydrology (Air, Land and Sea).
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| First step, a metallic respray and bolting the canvases together. |
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| Step 2: start adding the mixed media/collage elements. Yes, it is a seahorse! |
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| The most 'mechanical-industrial' of the panels - Air |
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| Not well lit, but here's the final piece, the way I envisage it being hung. |
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| Close-up of the Air panel. |
