- 40cm x 50cm
- Acrylic on canvas
Colour perception forms an integral part of our interpretation of the world around us. We have high levels of colour perception in our central vision, but this deteriorates with increasing eccentricity, becoming dichromatic (red-green colour blind) in our peripheral vision.
I have used contrasting fragments of central and peripheral vision to depict the early morning view from my kitchen window across to the houses and trees that line the Hunter River in Maitland. This is a view that is very personal to me, often experienced in quiet moments of contemplation at the kitchen sink, with different aspects capturing my attention (and my central vision) depending on the light.
By deconstructing layers of our visual perception I have attempted to highlight how altered the landscape can appear by the removal of the higher order cortical processing that unconsciously occurs to smooth and make meaning of our view of the world.