Exemplar Response
Shaping the Elements of Nature combines evocative images of a beach environment such as burning drift wood, sand and water to represent ideas about the changing nature of the elements of water, wind, fire and earth. The images are accompanied by a series of etched acrylic panels, digitally manipulated images and photograms which reiterate the qualities of the documented events by establishing a system of related motifs. The panels reflect subtle light changes and ephemeral qualities that engage the viewer in a prolonged experience. Restrained use of colour, considered choice of materials such as whitewashed wooden boxes, acrylic, and cleanly composed black and white photograms, offer the viewer an unambiguous insight into the beauty within the natural world.
