Virtually Sublime questions whether it is possible to achieve the painter’s notion of the sublime in the landscape through contemporary technology, utilizing satellite imaging as inspiration for paintings that are repeatedly fragmented and re-assembled through digital mapping and painting processes. The installation includes a 16 foot tall and 53 foot wide painting of a virtual (derived from satellite images) landscape of Mt. Rainier. A second piece involves a live projection of a painting of a satellite image of Mt. Rainier onto a white, scale model of the mountain.
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Virtually Sublime
Acrylic, Oil, and Enamel on Canvas, Tyvek, Wood, and Plexiglass, 53’ X 16'
2006 -
Above Rainier
Extruded Polystyrene, Celluclay, Latex, Acrylic, Canvas, Live Video Projection
2006 -
Above Rainier
Foreground: Detail, Sculpture: with video projection. Background: Virtually Sublime Installation, 5’ X 4’ x 2’
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Above Rainier
(Detail, sculpture with projection)
2006 -
Above Rainier
Foreground (detail), Background: Virtually Sublime (detail)
2006 -
Above Rainier
(Detail Acrylic on Canvas), 22” X 28”
2006 -
Virtually Sublime
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Virtually Sublime
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Virtually Sublime
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Virtually Sublime
(Detail)
