Curved Tree at Wren’s Nest Pond

“Curved Tree at Wren’s Nest Pond – original” is the first of three artworks derived from an original photograph, quickly sketched in pencils.

The idea continues to bring attention to ‘charcoal trees’, simplified landscapes and barren soils through adverse manmade climate change. Quite contrary to the Nature Reserve’s specific purpose of natural cultivation and habitat recycling.

Each artwork is digitally edited to produce representations for the purpose of conservation. ‘Original’ is an image of the actual sketched version, whilst the ’embossed’ and ‘gold’ versions are digital art pieces of the original [digitally imaged] artwork.

“Curved Tree at Wren’s Nest Pond – embossed” [14th March 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, drawing with H, HB, 4B and 8B pencils, unsigned on 280gsm 250mm x 300mm gesso primed canvas [pad], digitally edited image 3210 x 2685 pixels.

Embossed utilised 100 block sized pixels in the photography software package I used to create this digital artwork.

“Curved Tree at Wren’s Nest Pond – gold” [14th March 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, drawing with H, HB, 4B and 8B pencils, unsigned on 280gsm 250mm x 300mm gesso primed canvas [pad], digitally edited image 3317 x 2817 pixels.

‘Gold’ is created using adjustment Curves within the software package I used for this piece. This has connective ideas with the subject material, a curved tree. Interestingly, the waveform shape of the adjusted curve [in the software package] for this gold artwork is surprisingly similar to the shape of the focal curved tree you see in my sketch.

This is absolutely 100% pure chance.

My interest in global conservation and positive climate change is immensely important to me, as a person and artist.

I hope you love these three artworks.

Fossil Fuelled AI

My artwork, entitled “Fossil Fuelled AI”, is derived from 19th/20th Century classical books, animations, and movies. This started as a doodle, to become the drawing you see here over two drafts and two cold cups of tea.

The ‘electronics pop art’ is as if fossil-fuels-combustibles have kept EV’s buried in the ground far too long. All the electronics symbols are completely random and imagined.

The title for my artwork is a reference to greenwashing, which includes dispelling the effects of damaging air pollution over past decades.

By the way, I did drink both cold cups of tea 🙂

You can click here to see an earlier ‘electronics pop art’ piece I made, called type: The Unfathomable… Artist – Electronic Version.

Rusted Cart of the Nature Reserve

My sketch above, “Rusted Cart of the Nature Reserve”, consists of approximately an hour-and-a-half to two hours of sketching/drawing work.

I took the photograph for the sketch composition earlier that first day, here it is:

“Rusted Cart of the Nature Reserve – photograph” [11^th February 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist.

This is a sketchy mood-style artwork rather than drawing out intricate details. The composition is kept as true as possible. Areas that looked like eyes, in my sketch, have become highlighted for effect.

Although whilst I was happily sketching to reference the shade and branches, I do believe the idea of eyes is correctly placed into the landscape.

This is a fun piece of art, I hope you enjoy.

James VI & I Oak of Meadows Midst

In this drawing entitled “James VI & I Oak of Meadows Midst” we see the trunk of this magnificent 1612 tree, resplendent with its own fallen branches about its trunk.

Spiritual, biological, botanical and conservational themes can be found through my chosen composition.

Glimpses of the Van Gogh style can be seen in these fallen branches, along with the wistful Picasso-like ‘branch eye and mouth‘ to the upper-right of my sketch-drawing. There is an ‘M’ face to be seen in the lightly drawn knarl of the tree, upper mid-page.

If you then view the ‘M’ face as a nose, you can envisage two large eyes either side, looking directly to our left. Interestingly, this focal point is actually where ‘The Inhabited Lights Engine’ photograph artwork is derived from. You can click the link here to view this earlier artwork Moonlight and the Lights Engine.

I would like to confirm categorically that the ‘face’ is entirely 100% chance. How extraordinary. This truly amazed me with quite some wonderment as to how I didn’t notice such an obvious face in my own artwork. A man in the moon occurrence. Or rather a centuries-aged tree revealing its own character with watchful purposeful poise.

The upright log props up the fallen post, mid-lower page. I should know, since I placed the log there for that very reason quite sometime ago.

Here is the photographic inspiration for my artwork:

James IV & I Oak of Meadows Midst — “James VI & I Oak of Meadows Midst – photograph” [1^st February 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist.

I thought I would also include an unedited close-up photograph of the knarl for art viewers to see for themselves:

Close up of the Oak tree with an imaginable letter at the centre – photograph by Matt The Unfathomable Artist.

Hope you enjoy.

Charcoal Stegosaurus Branch

On 18th January 2022 I took a few different photographs of the branch you see, above, in my sketch entitled “Charcoal Stegosaurus Branch”.

This branch originally featured in another sketch called From the Fused Horse Chestnut Tree. You can click the link to view that earlier sketch.

Immediately my imagination thought of the stegosaurus depictions we have all seen in popular media.

Here is the photograph inspiration for my “Charcoal Stegosaurus Branch” sketch:

“Charcoal Stegosaurus Branch – photograph” [18th January 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist.

I included black ink work for outlines on the branch. A few of the sticks include black ink work too. The sketch composition is designed to be fun, impressionistic and texturally contrasting. This is achieved through layers, H through to 8B pencil work.

Please enjoy.

Sunlight at Wren’s Nest Pond

With “Sunlight at Wren’s Nest Pond” I do believe this has the idea of music. Obviously there is an element of sound to seismic waves, featured in the artwork above.

Therefore, when I view this artwork it gives me the sense of sound.

Here is the photograph inspiration:

“Sunlight at Wren’s Nest Pond – photograph” [29th January 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist.

I try to bring the blue haze lightflare, mid-lower of the photograph, into this pencils artwork with a dash of blue colour pencil.

Perspective is magnified in an impressionistic manner. A bird’s nest is included into the sketch, to hint at Wren’s Nest Pond. The pond meanders into a stream at the feet of these trees you see here.

Hope you enjoy.

“Artful Quieted Beseech”

Poem words:

“Artful Quieted Beseech”

“ In yonder fair light and write of thought in speech,

I asked a lady in artful quieted beseech,

to tell the feel, the mood of lovers brood,

that Earth shall fi-nally receive of leaders snood. “

– a poem by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, in Imprint MT Shadow font, © 26^th January 2022.

“Fine Faithful Grit”

Poem in words:

“Fine Faithful Grit”

“Of thespians good and true,

parched for hearty vocal broth,

consumed as nourished meandered news,

as dancing flightful flint of moth,

whose mighty weight in movied class,

will lift off joy of bow and sprit,

as drunken hoards,

where within,

finds noble lords of fine faithful grit.”

“Fine Faithful Grit” is inspired of a particular film – both versions. Along with living harmoniously off the land, work, news events and modern cultural phenomena.

Meadow Three Sketches

“Moonlight in Meadow Three“ [24th January 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, sketch with HB and 2B pencils, signed in black ink on 280gsm 250mm x 300mm gesso primed canvas [pad], digital image 3430 x 2925 pixels.

An atmospheric moonlight sketch from a photograph includes two curious faces in the sky. The moon itself is ‘compass drawn’ using a spherical temperature gauge. Seismic waves form the undergrowth amidst the trees.

Three rows of seismic ‘M’ grass also represent Earth’s climate, wildlife and habitat plight. The idea of flames is shown over the trees’ canopy. Branches wrap around the moon, as if the moon itself has its ‘head in its hands’, Edvard Munch style.

“Look! Thy moon gifts shining light throughout darkness of thine howling night.”

Here is the photograph inspiration:

“Moonlight in Meadow Three – photograph“

Next sketch is entitled “European Robin on a Wooden Post“, also sketched using a photograph from Meadow Three in my local Nature Reserve:

“European Robin on a Wooden Post“ [January 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, sketch with carbon and colour pencils, signed in black ink on 280gsm 250mm x 300mm gesso primed canvas [pad], digital image 3411 x 2941 pixels.

As I walked towards the metal gate at Wren’s Nest Pond, this European Robin was already perched five feet from me, comfortable with my approach.

dear Robin then skipped two feet to the left, onto the wooden post you see here in my sketch. It was there dear Robin stood whilst I happily took portrait photographs. A curious face is clearly visible between the wooden posts. Once again in this instance, the curious face was pure random chance.

Here is a quick photograph that provided the composition for my sketch:

“European Robin on a Wooden Post – photograph“

Hope you enjoy 🙂

Multicolour Lights, versions one & two

“Multicolour Lights – version one“ [8th January 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, digital photograph 8146 x 6075 pixels.

Here are my thoughts on ‘Multicolour Lights’, versions one and two.

“Multicolour Lights – version one“ is ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind‘ [1977 by Steven Spielberg] inspired, through photographic chance, yet not for the first time in my ‘lights’ series of artworks.

I have yet to formally list all my sci-fi references to my ‘lights’ series of artworks.

“Multicolour Lights – version two“ could look like alien writing or code. Or perhaps UFO lights, also now classified as UAP – unidentified aerial phenomenon. Alternatively this might symbolise a well known adult Sci-Fi film’s destructive countdown symbology, shown at the end of the movie to the sound of alien laughter?

We could therefore interpret this as a sign of humanity’s existential precipice? I prefer to let the art viewer decide how they wish to perceive, believe or understand my art idea.

As with fictional movies.

“Multicolour Lights – version two“ [14th January 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, digital photograph 8146 x 6075 pixels.

Why? Well, I never made the ‘lights’ series with any preconceived designation. Whilst {} do look forward, at times.

Gladly I should write, else what good is a precipice to a journey?

To view other ‘Lights Series’ artworks by me, please click the links below:

Untitled Photograph #2

Lakescape in Moonlight

Untitled Photograph #1 / 1848hrs / 1851hrs

Moonlight in Cloud / The Inhabited Lights Engine

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