"In his world, the city isn't dark and brooding but light, buzzing and congested. He manages to capture both the optimism and the frustration of living in a metropolis where dreams can either be realised or crushed in an instant. He's an artist to watch for the future" as said by Grant Gibson - Editor of Blueprint where Hollands work is featured often.
I did not want to copy the analogy he has behind his work, however, so I chose to investigate ans show how eventually the city will not be prominent over nature. Someday the buildings will wither and decay leaving nature still in it's all powerful place. It follows the thinking of whenever you put weed killer down, you kill part of the weed but it always finds another crack to pop up through.
For my first piece I want to create a countryside-scape. This will be a depiction of times we live in now where nature is being trampled on my human technology, the invasion of pollution, and modern life. This piece will reflect where earth is at now.
My beach scape will also follow on from this idea, depicting a beach that’s normal beauty has been overtaken by, again, pollution from things such as oil leaks and objects disposed of into the sea. It will snow no actual human life, but it's presence will be felt through it's environmental impact. Other objects not usually associated with the lovely seaside image will be placed onto the beach to follow on from my first piece showing the intrusion onto the countryside.
I want my 'cityscape' to be the final piece. A reflection of Mother Nature taking back what has always been and always will be hers, depicting the city as overtaken and diminishing under natures power. No people are present again, because now human life itself has surrendered to natures will. This will lead onto my final cityscape where nature has once again become top dog.
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