It's time to leave the studio and mark-making and explore the Island some more.
Blue wall
Wall with Journal posts
Morning hike above studio.
Off to the Geysir
Deciphering Distances
Distances in Iceland are challenging to measure. The clouded sky seems so close. Not many trees and few familiar human structures to gauge from as one gazes across vast expanses of land. Artist Olafur Eliasson refers to this phenomena in his Ted talk.
https://www.ted.com/talks/olafur_eliasson_playing_with_space_and_light
The glacier is visible merging into cloud. It could be Vatnajökul, the largest glacier in Europe.
Gullfoss
Gull means gold and foss is always waterfall. I've seen photos of Gullfoss from various angles but no picture can pass on this sense and power of place or the roar of water. Massive quantities of glacial waters flowing at raceway speed and wider than 10 lanes of LA freeway to fall into a deep canyon over two opposing angles of 45º.
Yes there are 3or 4 people out on that ledge!
Geometry and landforms
My interest lies in the massive scale of land forms in comparison to the size and cadence of humans. Visiting Iceland's terrain meets that interest.
Visual vocabulary needed to describe phenomenology of a vista with such enormous power and scale is supported by geometric shapes; contrasting angles of a gaze and illusions of vast emptiness with an imagined edge of catastrophe.
Hopefully this results in a dramatic visual piece contained in a room-sized panel.
