CONTEMPORARY PARKING LOT PAINTINGS
By Andrew Roberts-Gray
These paintings are about the intersection of nature and technology. The paintings are an integration of the natural world and the terrible beauty of engineering. In my mind the circuit board has become a metaphor for man, (the image of the empty parking lot can function the same way). I enjoy painting on actual circuit boards and using their patterns and textures in the paintings. Resolving the tension created in combining a representational landscape scene and areas of pure abstraction can be a challenge. Making the object of the circuit board work with the flat plane of the conventional painting can present a similar test. I try to use color to reinforce the contrasting elements of the paintings and to integrate them at the same time. The use of color in the paintings can also help to draw what is recognizable into a new context