The pastoral. Simplicity, charm, serenity.
Generally attributed to rural areas, the pastoral equates with passage through the country or to life in the country. Such depictions of, seem to be a creative recipedia in order to achieve what is collectively desired as idyllic.
In the CENSURE SERIES, found, collected paintings presenting such landscapes are brushed over with line marker black to varying degrees of obliteration. As line marker’s ‘paint eraser’, black is used to omit or cancel existing language on the road; here within these formulaic pictures-of-place their design is erased or partially erased. They are unframed, pinned to a support, and accompanied by objects to underscore a narrative.
A billboard circa 1940 links the pastoral as a means of discovery through the automobile.
Generally attributed to rural areas, the pastoral equates with passage through the country or to life in the country. Such depictions of, seem to be a creative recipedia in order to achieve what is collectively desired as idyllic.
In the CENSURE SERIES, found, collected paintings presenting such landscapes are brushed over with line marker black to varying degrees of obliteration. As line marker’s ‘paint eraser’, black is used to omit or cancel existing language on the road; here within these formulaic pictures-of-place their design is erased or partially erased. They are unframed, pinned to a support, and accompanied by objects to underscore a narrative.
A billboard circa 1940 links the pastoral as a means of discovery through the automobile.