Wet light

August 24, 2014December 30, 2022 / mikeosbornphoto / 31 Comments

For one week in London, there was a strange, striking light reaching into the sky after dark. You could see it clearly for miles around.

This was an artistic installation to coincide with the centenary of World War One by Ryoji Ikeda which was placed close to the Houses of Parliament. We joined the many Londoners who visited the source of the spectral column – 49 searchlights accompanied by a haunting, minimalist soundtrack.

Our visit was accompanied by heavy rain, which I though would ruin the chance to take photographs. But of course the lights picked up the deluge and created a wonderful spectacle. I even allowed my camera to get a little wet.

All the visitors wandered around in awe at the light piercing into the sky, unfazed by the downpour. There was an eerie sense that they had gathered to be lifted up by extraterrestrials.

When the light was turned off, it was missed. This was something special.

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Waiting to be lifted up by aliens

Daisy dozen

August 20, 2014August 24, 2014 / mikeosbornphoto / 42 Comments

A visit to my mother’s garden in Essex culminated in this. It was just one shot of an almost flawless daisy that set my mind in motion, reproducing it in numerous forms and piecing them together as if sewing a patchwork quilt.

Here are the individual tiles so you can study the colours and contrasts in further detail.

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Arboreal art

August 3, 2014August 5, 2014 / mikeosbornphoto / 12 Comments

Take a photograph and reinvent it to create a brand new work.

This collection of digital art was inspired by a post by South African photographer and artist Herman van Bon who used a specific material to create a series of abstracts.

I examined my own images of tree wood in its various forms, and decided to take it far from its original state with a digital injection of colour and fresh textures, emphasising – often transforming – what was already there.

Everything from molten gold to multi-colour madness resulted from the organic, dependable hues of wood.

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Mustard tracks

July 31, 2014July 31, 2014 / mikeosbornphoto / 3 Comments

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A mass of bright yellow scored through a deep red backdrop.

This is a frame of digital art created from an original photograph. A wholly natural substance and texture is at the heart of this work. I have produced a series based entirely on one source. Come back soon to see more and find out what it is.

Unless you’d like to hazard a guess in the meantime…

Garden abstraction

July 5, 2014 / mikeosbornphoto / 9 Comments

This is a story of lazing in a neat, suburban garden. It’s bounded on all sides by fences and is carefully sculpted. The sun beats down and you screw up your eyes to combat the glare.

You see a series of abstract moments, unusual visions from the corners of your eyes. Little corners that invade your being from the inactivity of the day. And the sunlight plays on the conventional parameters of this garden to conjure up dreams of a languid summer day in this garden…

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