Houdini, Arnold render
"In their place he put a dynamic form of spiral, an explosive vortex, a field of force". J.M.W Turner
This piece was made whilst researching the romantic sublime. I found the dramatic landscape paintings of that time depicting erupting volcanoes, craters and thunderous scenes of terrifying, awesome nature, particularly captivating. The colour palette of blacks, greys, dark cherries, dirty apricots and earthen browns featured in the works of that period, lure you into a world of escapable fear and set the tone wonderfully.
The Vortex digital painting was made from taking images of my glass crater 2 piece, compiling in Photoshop and then adding a vortex force, particle simulation.
The particles were then extruded through space based off colour and density, literally bringing the colours to life, with the resulting form rendered in glass.