Lexie Brown
My work revolves around the unseen networks and communications within wildlife and the natural woodlands native to the UK. Influenced by the preservation of natural species and untouched wildlife I attempt to form ways to display what is being lost to climate change and human invasive tendencies. Though the individual pieces depict wildly different imagery, the group as a whole looks at these places through the same lens. By analysing the species prese
nt, the geographical location and the natural composition of the wildlife present in the images through close attentive drawing, I attempt to represent the biological systems that are not visible to the human eye. Through the use of soft pastels my work aims to reflect the natural mark making processes of drawing with natural textures and materials. By using alternative colour schemes, I obtain this otherworldly view across my work, the chemical communications that are being depicted become creative expressions that enliven the imagery by bringing forth unacknowledged layers of the world we experience. Expanding to this scale has meant that the pieces successfully encompass the viewer, working with the otherworldly qualities the size of the piece also forces the viewer to immerse themselves into the landscape around them.
nt, the geographical location and the natural composition of the wildlife present in the images through close attentive drawing, I attempt to represent the biological systems that are not visible to the human eye. Through the use of soft pastels my work aims to reflect the natural mark making processes of drawing with natural textures and materials. By using alternative colour schemes, I obtain this otherworldly view across my work, the chemical communications that are being depicted become creative expressions that enliven the imagery by bringing forth unacknowledged layers of the world we experience. Expanding to this scale has meant that the pieces successfully encompass the viewer, working with the otherworldly qualities the size of the piece also forces the viewer to immerse themselves into the landscape around them.