- Rory Mitchell
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- Kraken Mare
Original artwork description
'Kraken Mare' depicts a day on Saturn's moon Titan. A spot of cathartic isolation, only 1.2 billion kilometers from Earth.
Reminiscent of George Seurat's paintings of Parisien bathers, it evokes the same tranquility. Where Seurat's paintings contrast the serenity with the rise of industrialisation, this painting instead contrasts the scene with the possibilities of the far future.
To our eyes, Titan's landscape is both comfortingly familiar and wildly alien. Lakes and rivers of liquid methane carve a path between mountains of water ice. Our bathers have found a home here in the distant reaches of time. Humanity's curiosity and innovativeness allowing them to do what humans do best: doing very little.
Sitting on a jetty, one bather casts his gaze on Titan's sister moon, Enceladus. Could life also prosper under its icy shell?
Materials used:
Oils
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 90 x 70 x 2cm (unframed) / 90 x 70cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Naive
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#landscape#orange#expressionist#sci fi#astronomy#planet#bather#seurat#titan#saturn
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Original artwork description
'Kraken Mare' depicts a day on Saturn's moon Titan. A spot of cathartic isolation, only 1.2 billion kilometers from Earth.
Reminiscent of George Seurat's paintings of Parisien bathers, it evokes the same tranquility. Where Seurat's paintings contrast the serenity with the rise of industrialisation, this painting instead contrasts the scene with the possibilities of the far future.
To our eyes, Titan's landscape is both comfortingly familiar and wildly alien. Lakes and rivers of liquid methane carve a path between mountains of water ice. Our bathers have found a home here in the distant reaches of time. Humanity's curiosity and innovativeness allowing them to do what humans do best: doing very little.
Sitting on a jetty, one bather casts his gaze on Titan's sister moon, Enceladus. Could life also prosper under its icy shell?
Materials used:
Oils
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 90 x 70 x 2cm (unframed) / 90 x 70cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Naive
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#landscape#orange#expressionist#sci fi#astronomy#planet#bather#seurat#titan#saturn
Rory Mitchell
Norway
About
I am a Scottish artist now settled in Norway. I have exhibited widely since graduation from Edinburgh College of Art in 1999, including shows in Dubai, Paris and Oslo.... Read more