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 Artist research: Andy Farrer:

Andy Farrers cyanotype 'The Pinnacle' features a large and imposing cliff face at Old Harry Rocks. I think that the images blue and white tones create this aged, almost grey tint to the piece and the overall composition seems to be every so slightly blurry. I believe that these to aspects work well together and create a hazy, foggy atmosphere within the work. I think that this hazy aspect makes it seem as if the viewer is looking at a slowly fading memory. I believe that the is something authentic and comforting about this image, it reminds me of old family holidays to the coast and I believe that this invokes a feeling and peace throughout the image. 

The Pinnacle

Andy Farrers cyanotype 'Swanage Pier' features a bench standing on a pier with two lamp posts on either side of it. When looking at this piece I think that the blue and white tones invoke a vintage feeling and when I look at the empty bench I believe that there is a melancholic atmosphere throughout the piece, I think that this work has the aesthetic of an old Hollywood  romance and the viewer is witnessing the end where they don't return to each other and the bench is left empty. I think that shadows that can be seen in this image create a ghostly effect which I believe adds to the melancholic and sad feeling within the work.


Swanage Pier


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