Where does the mountain end and the valley begin? Does the ocean flow straight into the sunset? What about the treeline... does it cut as it edges into the sky? Do the clouds bend between the trees before unfolding across the horizon? 

‘Sculpture Paintings’ is my recent exploration of landscape via 2D & 3D mark making. Standing in three dimensions, the sculpture consists of gouache painted paper bent and folded into mountain, valley, ocean, and sky. Each side of the sculpture representing a frozen visual moment of the landscape. Taken apart and laid flat, three dimensions becomes two as painting speaks with simplicity of colour and shape. Encouraging curiosity and continued viewer interaction, 3D sculpture becomes double-sided two-dimensional painting. Each work is at once both finished sculpture and painting yet simultaneously maquette. ( Maquette serving as invitation for a larger and potentially permanent public sculpture and / or painting. ) Observation turns to play as viewer considers the unfolding visual vocabulary and intentional complexity. 3D sky vs. 2D sea. Deep blue half-sphere vs. grey triangle. Sculpture vs. painting.

Can you tell me? Where does a single viewpoint shift from one dimension into the next? When does the experimental periphery shift into cognizant focus? Where does the ocean cease, the canyon crease, and the prairie commence?