“Ridge Willow” Artworks

“Ridge Willow 5800K – Natural” [digital photography 2nd March 2021] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist.

Walking along the manmade ridge adjacent to two ponds within my local Nature Reserve, I envisaged the sunlight producing some lovely photography.

I took a few shots on top of the ridge, then realised whilst standing at the lower side that the up-facing angle would create excellent visual contrasts.

The right-side shows a Basket Willow (Osier) in winter. There are green mosses and sedge plants dotted across the ridge too.

Interestingly the Basket Willow is planted in this Nature Reserve specifically for “effluent treatment.. for water purification..” due to the fact that..

“.. Salix viminalis is a known hyperaccumulator of cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, petroleum hydrocarbons, organic solvents, MTBE, TCE and byproducts, selenium, silver, uranium, and zinc, and as such is a prime candidate for phytoremediation.” – quotation directly from Wikipedia.

As regards positive climate change, manmade global warming, resources efficiency and my conservation activism interests – the natural purification synergy adds to the communication value through these artistic representations.

Here is the “Yellow” version of the same photograph:

“Ridge Willow 10000Kx2K – Yellow” [digital photography 2nd March 2021] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist.

I like this version equally, 10000Kx2.

Then we have 3800Kx2 providing a much cooler looking image, immediately below:

“Ridge Willow 3800Kx2K – Blue” [digital photography 2nd March 2021] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist.

Here is my sketched version in blue ink pen on A4 paper. This version is digitally edited to create a black and white version:

“Ridge Willow Ink Sketch – digital black & white version” [Blue Ink 3rd March 2021] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist.

My sketching style includes swirls and squiggles using numerable continuous lines to give the landscape effect.

It’s fair to write my Osier branches are mostly oscillations and overlays with fewer definitive straight lines.

Again, as with my most recent works, the use of Kelvin colour scale adjustments is purposed to represent our need to reverse manmade global warming.

“Wrens Nest Wood – 5800K” Kelvin colour scale photography.

“Wrens Nest Wood – 5800K photograph version”

Using photographic editing software, this blog article is created to represent directly adverse global warming effects upon nature.

The first image from my quick sketch study #1 in blue ink pen entitled “Wrens Nest Wood – 5800K photograph version” explains how digitally adjusting the ‘Kelvin’ colour temperature scale of an electronic photograph changes its visual pleasance.

For instance, ‘cooling’ the Kelvin temperature of my artwork photograph to 3800K (Kelvin, digitally edited) highlights blue spectrum hues {scientifically; wavelengths} in my artwork as seen here:

“Wrens Nest Wood – 3800K photograph version”

My Kelvin scale digital adjustment is similar to the light effect of the Sun – dependent upon its strength.

Determined via cosmic arrangement, age, velocity, angles, atmospheric conditions, elements, obstructions (local/spatial), cyclic rotations and proximity to Earth’s surface.

Viewing “Wrens Nest Wood – 10000K photograph version” below, we can feel the difference between each individual artwork – from the 3800K, 5800K and 10000K versions respectively.

Kelvin temperature scale has dramatic relevance in photography.

This article seeks pertinent correlation with Kelvin colour temperature scale and manmade global warming.

The latter indisputably documented, scientifically peer reviewed, journalistically communicated, referenced through tragic human experiences, economically reverberated, commercially disruptive, artistically magnified and politically emotive as an existential threat to life.

Natural beauty endangered in the context of visibly destructive cues.

“Wrens Nest Wood – 10000K photograph version”

Clearly my interest, artistically, from a conservational viewpoint is explicably linked to the origin of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin‘s own scientific experiment.

That is to write, his literal burning {a block of} carbon to establish colour temperature as a unit of quantifiable measurement.

We see within this series of five digital photographs from my original “Wrens Nest Wood” [blue ink pen, sketch study #1 on A4 80gsm paper] the harsh environmental effect burning colour from our natural wooded landscape causes!

Let’s take a look at what happens when the 10000K {Kelvin} scale is digitally tripled:

“Wrens Nest Wood – 10000Kx3 photograph version”

… and finally, quadrupled:

“Wrens Nest Wood – 10000Kx4 photograph version”

The horrifying end result is seen in “Wrens Nest Wood – 10000Kx4 photograph version”.

Our beautiful ‘warm-yet-cold’ 5800K natural reference photograph now appears to have turned our wooded landscape into a seemingly uninhabitable charred version of itself!

We should all be aghast, chimes the climatic hour of need.

Bleak landscapes, leached of palatable homeliness. Intensely devoid, unbearable to our science-faction eyes.

‘Dune’-like.

I hope you have greatly enjoyed my thought-invigorating artworks designed to assist with positive climate-change inspiration.

Now, more than ever, is the Time to exponentially reduce carbon, N0x and other pollutive manmade particulate materials throughout our worldwide environments.

Thank you dear Readers.

Sound Waves Art

‘My Wild Big Cat Sound Wave Vocalisation; Artwork [number 1]’ drawn on A4 paper using blue ink pen – June 7th 2016 by Matt The Unfathomable Artist

You may already know I love writing song lyrics and composing melodies. Yes, even singing too.

So it should be no surprise really that I enjoy any art form that might be musically inclusive. Whilst producing my ‘Seismic Waves’ series of artworks I wondered how I might represent sound waves. In order to replicate sound waves in digital on-screen format I changed the point accentuations jaggedly.

Which.. (or is that wice?) nicely brings me to seeing a curious bird that went calling in all directions on the treetop at my local lake. Literally chirping at 90 degrees (not like Joe 90 of the television series) and swiftly shifting its petite form clockwise then chirping again quite loudly. Four times it did this through 360 degrees and repeated the process all again.

I’m quite sure that this proud little bird would make a very beautiful sound wave artwork. The artwork shown immediately below was a pure contrivance. No doubt this sound wave would make a good noise of sorts if processed through digital software.

‘Soundwaves [number 1]’ on A4 paper using blue ink pen – June 6th 2016 by Matt The Unfathomable Artist.

Following on from ‘Soundwaves [number 1] and ‘Seismic Waves’ I thought to myself that it would be exciting to record a soundwave then replicate the visual representation of vocals with an artistic impression.

I chose to create a wild big cat vocal as this has many ideas behind the concept of my first sound/drawn choice. Yes, I appreciate I could have chosen ‘Hello, my name is Matt.’ However the former vocal would be interesting both audibly and visually with its change of tone and pitch peaks. It required some practice. So I personally vocalised for about 5 minutes, making various wild cat sounds before recording.

Here is the recording:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_1g4lrULQoBcXJzN1A1RTdRUEU/view?usp=drivesdk

I strongly recommend Low Hertz Bass Capable Headphones whilst listening to this recording.

Probably not so useful if you’re watching the film ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ (1969).

A closer look at my ‘wild cat vocal’ ink on A4 paper artwork is shown here:

‘My Wild Big Cat Sound Wave Vocalisation & Artwork [number 1]’ on A4 paper using blue ink pen – June 7th 2016 by Matt The Unfathomable Artist

Perhaps some fine art collectors will raise their eyebrows. Perhaps not. I respectfully appreciate their professional opinion. Basquiat and Warhol is obviously fine art.

It’s definitely worth noting, oops no mistaking the wordplay there, that this sketch artwork immediately above was replicated on the first attempt whilst actually looking at the sound wave.

That said, are the seemingly crazed sounds of a man impersonating wild cats and producing drawings from his vocals fine art? I don’t think it will take 50 years to know the answer. Everyone has their own opinion – I respectfully appreciate this too.

Dali, Picasso, Frida Kahlo and even Jackson Pollock were and are all considered eccentric. Basquiat often listened to music as he felt this helped his artistic ingenuity. Normal behaviour mixed with their extraordinary creativity.

Warhol worked with extreme efficiency of artistic method. Some fashion photographers prefer the freedom of taking hundreds of photographs during a shoot. Some limit themselves to no more than 50 shots or less.

Different working methods. New and reinvigorated ways to create art. Art that inspires people for generations.

I would like to produce a ‘Seismic Wave’ artwork in oil paint on canvas from an actual earthquake (see previous blog article for further details). I also wish to create further ‘Sound Wave’ art impressions from real life recordings.

It got me to thinking. Can you imagine how beautiful…

‘That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.’
… would look like in a sound wave artwork? If anyone knows of such an ink or oil painted artwork please do let me know.

INCREDIBLE.

The Unfathomable Artist

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“Ridge Willow” Artworks

“Wrens Nest Wood – 5800K” Kelvin colour scale photography.

Sound Waves Art