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Brian Elder

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  • Projects
    • Nantes
    • Latitude
    • Istanbul
    • Paris Series
    • Florence Series
    • From Elea to Ascea
    • Experience to Memory
    • Geographic Fictions
    • Over France
  • Earlier Work
    • Location Series
    • Selected Works on Paper 2000-2002
    • Selected Paintings 1996-2002
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Chartres 42×31 inches Mixed media and acrylic on paper on panel 2005-2009
Chalon-sur-SaĆ“ne 42×31 inches Mixed media and acrylic on paper on panel 2005-2009
Barneville-Carteret 42×31 inches Mixed media and acrylic on paper on panel 2005-2009
Bourg-en-Bresse 42×31 inches Mixed media and acrylic on paper on panel 2005-2009

This series started with taking photos flying above France on an airline from Rome to Detroit. After downloading the images I went through the process of locating each place exactly using Google Earth and maps. I then gathered information specific to those places, including satellite images, and geological maps. References to a relationship between land and the body, pattern and abstraction were also investigated and added.

All of this visual information was cut into pieces and arranged in order reflecting my path of travel across the country. Painting on top was the final stage as I worked to unite, blend, clarify, obscure and work in response to the developing painting.

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