‘ARCTIC CRACKING’, AUTUMN 2018, ANNUAL SUNSET, SUBLIME BAY, AROUND THE CORNER FROM NY ALESUND, SVALBARD SICHUAN FINE ARTS INSTITUTE, CHINA FOUR LAYERED SILKSCREEN SCOTLAND # CHINA # ARCTIC GEORGIA ROSE MURRAY AND CAO WEN COLLABORATION Wrapped and ready for travels in the rain… first to painting studio, Huxi, SFAI, then onwards to Xu Space … More ARCTIC SILK SCREEN IN CHINA
Glaciers in all directions Composite sheets and a thick long roll Waiting for large boards to arrive- halted progress due to Chinese rain Finally found the thick gloop- white oil based gloss Glaciers and sky space becomes slippery smooth and shiny with the lushush buttery gloss + pigment mix Yellow rice paper, Cerulean Blue + … More CHINESE GLOSS ARCTIC ICE
AN ARCTIC ARRIVAL IN CHINA A BODY IN A BUBBLE LUCID AND FLOATING HELD BY GRAVITY, UNLESS DRIFTING UP TO JOIN THE OTHER BITS OF THE BEING- HEAD SPLATTERED SOMEWHERE IN THE SKY SPIRIT, CONTINUING TO DANCE WITH THE POLAR BEARS, CAPTURED FOREVER BY THE ARCTIC ENERGY NEVER THE SAME. I MUST HAVE LANDED ON … More Unpacking the Arctic landscape in China
On the 28th of September I flew from Oslo to Longyearbyen, the most northern city in the world. On that day the sun rose at 07:08 and set at 18.25. On the day we set sail on the beautiful Antigua, nautical dawn was at 03:29, the sun rose at 07:30 and set over the ocean … More TWILIGHT: SUN RISE, SUN SET, NAUTICAL, CIVIL, LIGHT AND DARK
THE COOL AIR AND VAST SPACE ARE CALLING THE MIGRATION IN REVERSE WILL BEGIN TOMORROW WHEN I FLY FROM CHONGQING TO OSLO AND THEN ONWARD TO LONGYEARBYEN BODY, MIND AND PAINTING MATERIALS FROM HIGH TO LOW TEMPERATURES CHINA TO SVALBARD (PART OF THE ARTIST IS ALREADY UP THERE… JUST HANGING OUT, WAITING FOR THE WHOLE … More REVERSE MIGRATION
Mentally, spiritually, physically (dreaming, painting, drawing, thinking, acquiring equipment/ materials/ -20C clothing), preparing to go to the most incredible place I have ever experienced on Earth so far (which will be the biggest contrast I can imagine to this land-locked Chinese city of 18 MILLION!) Preparing to journey to the place on the map The … More ARCTIC OPENING
