25 Highgate High Street 6x12"Stepping into Highgate Cemetery is not only stepping into another time, but another world as well. Over the centuries greenery has reclaimed many of the monuments and gravestones, tree roots wrap around statues and fog shrouds the mausoleums.
In this piece I wanted to capture that nostalgic poignancy. A collage of several different pictures of the cemetery covers the canvas, stenciled with one of Mary Beth Shaw's and daubed here and there with light green acrylic to simulate mossy overgrowth.
A silver cross, tarnished with Staz-On, a rusty iron cross and a ceramic bit of tombstone sweep down the piece in a loose diagonal. The number plate (Tim Holtz) and bits of paper tape (7Gypsies) complete the picture. Another for next month's upcoming Open Studios.
Just like the whole Victorian, steampunk-esque series you've been doing, I'm IN LOVE with Momento Mori!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDestiny - Thanks, they are so much fun to create - both the art and the historical research as well.
ReplyDeleteErin
Love these pieces. I really love your posts on Cemetery Saturdays and these are just great art pieces that fall in that same category. You defiantly have captured the feeling of when one steps into an aged cemetery, a little time travel and a lot of beauty. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteAmanda - Thanks, I was really struck by how 3-D the whole piece looked once I finished it - it really draws you in.
ReplyDeleteErin