Empirical research & evidence 2022

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH & EVIDENCE:

It has been a month since returning from working alone in the forests of Siberia completing the series ‘Oil + Water’ exactly 8 years after starting the project.

It was however an astonishing 25 degrees warmer on average than in 2014 at the same location on the Kama river, preventing the crude oil from freezing in the same way.

I was completely unaware that my experience was not isolated, at the same time (jan/feb 2022) both Antartica and the North Pole were also experiencing staggering temperature rises alarming scientists globally and causing vast areas of historically stable ice shelfs to weaken and break away forever.

Since the closing decades of the past century, the natural limits of growth have continually been overstepped which leads me to search for answers of a different kind, collecting data intent on supporting an increase in environmental awareness as we witness the ever growing scrutiny of viable raw materials & energy sources.

My work has always circled a common theme: that environmental protection can come from responsible design that considers its own circular development at its core. The close examination of production & end of life data is indispensable to formulating a well-informed and accurate opinion for widespread distribution. Where little production and lifespan transparency exist, it must raise fundamental issues related to corporate governance and accountability reporting.

Lacking the organic colour secretions that occurred during the process of 2014 where crude oil is exposed to the process 'enthalpy of fusion’. Here without the extreme cold we are now presented with near monochrome recordings heightening the consciousness to our precarious existence on the planet. Their loss in colour over this 8 year period a testament to global biodiversity loss, widespread river & ocean degradation through pollution, overfishing and mass coral bleaching events caused by rising temperatures from carbon induced global warming.

These works are a momento mori to the collapsing ice sheets, the black scars and weight of human activity rendering their separation and ultimate liquified resolution.

PRODUCTION NOTES:
In the midst of the current growth of NFT artworks, and to counter the mis-conception concerning their uniqueness as an artwork, this series of unique prints (no editions) is produced on heavy weight pure cellulose paper, each at 1613⁄24 × 233⁄8 inches and embedded with an encrypted NFC authentication tag. Simply by passing any web enabled mobile phone close to the signature, the tag will verify itself to the user and then delete its unique digital ID so that it can then create a new encryption, each and every time the artwork is scanned. This creates a tamper proof, anti-counterfeit verification system without the need to download an app.

This studio developed NFC tag authentication system places unique works into collectors hands with uncompromising provenance verification without the carbon footprint associated with a blockchain based system.

Plate 01171, dated January 2022 - SOLD.

[ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish, unmounted & unframed.
Size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01176, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280

Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)
.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01070, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01183, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 11187, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01193, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01181, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01035, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01027 dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280

Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01153, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01087, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01051, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
elivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01011, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 00967, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 0882, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280

Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 00608, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 00427 dated January 2022 - SOLD

[ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ]

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish, unmounted & unframed.
Size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 00603, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 00865, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 00716 dated January 2022 - SOLD

[ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ]

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish, unmounted & unframed.
Size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 00915, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01190, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 01195, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Plate 00398, dated January 2022. [ Latitude 58.267010 Longitude 56.377510 ].

Unique print on bamboo conservation paper, museum u/v varnish & mount.
Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free, sustainably harvested cedar frame.
Print size 23.6 x 16.5 inches / 60 x 42 cms.
Artist signature & date (recto) in black ink.

GBP £3,280
Delivery instructions taken once sale is complete.

Provenance: direct from the studio, encrypted NFC provenance tag signature biometrics recorded in Catalogue Raisonné.

NB.. Security images are only visible when the NFC tag attached to the artwork is scanned & authenticated.
.. signature and date (recto)

.. initialled & numbered NFC TAG (verso)

Here global warming, specifically recordings of asymmetrical diurnal temperatures changes presented in black and white as empirical evidence. Where before in 2014 oil was used, the warming climate made reaching the same -35 degree temperatures recorded at the exact same time of year were now impossible.

Since the last decades of the past century, the natural limits to growth are being overstepped which leads me to a search for answers of different kinds, collecting data intent on an increase in environmental awareness.

As before here methodical works challenge conventional beliefs about overpopulation, pollution, disappearing small holding farmland, polluting rivers and underground water resources alike, the disappearing ice sheets and the ever more scarcity of energy sources and raw materials.

Throughout these explorations lies a common theme: that responsible, circular development and the close examination of data is indispensable to formulating a well-informed and accurate opinion for widespread distribution. Where little transparency raises fundamental issues related to corporate governance and accountability reporting.

Monochrome recordings heighten the conscious to our precarious existence on the planet. These works are a momento mori of collapsing ice sheets, the black scars and weight of human activity rendering their separation and ultimate liquified resolution.

Empirical evidence presented as monochrome landscapes.

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