T I M E W H I T E
F I N E A R T
PRECESSION SERIES 2001-Present
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'The horizon divides opacity from transparency. It is just one small step from earth matter to space light'. - Paul Virilio
The images from the 'Precession series' require the viewer to stand before them, close enough to experience all their nuances of colour and form. These simple horizons are formed by harnessing the available light long after sunset and prior to sunrise, or more recently by day capturing the forever changing hues of sea and sky. With exposures of up to an hour he aims to examine the distinct boundaries between real and pictorial space, solid matter and light, 'the full' and 'the void'. These images of limitless horizon and unbroken parallel are inspired by a rich inheritance of reductive aesthetics from Friedrich and Turner to Rothko and Ritcher. Indeed, Friedrich and Turner conveyed in a vision of sea and sky a 'pictorial world without matter' that would set us free from the pull of terrestrial gravity and immerse us in colour and light. Their flatness and scale together with their treatment of light seems to align them more firmly with hard edged modernist painting than photography. Perhaps questioning where does he precision of photography end and the creativity of painting begin?
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