Confined in tiny, ornate frames, till the inevitable shedding of the sting, Barry Hazard’s expansive landscapes are “areas for reflecting, considering and educating one thing greater and extra time,” he says.
Impressed by huge notions, similar to the connection between folks and nature and the ecological battle, the (anterior) hazard interprets vast themes into miniature works. The artist in Brooklyn makes use of tiny frames, picket and acrylic panel to depict a mess of scenes from sliding and flower farms to snowfall and snowy roads. With a lot content material in such small compositions, Hazard describes his course of as “a easy technique to rapidly become involved in a creative course of, with an ultra-magable scale.”
Final 12 months for the New York artwork weekend, the artist expanded on his miniature work, deepening in a venture on the reverse finish of the dimensions of proportions. The “entrance portray” culminates Hazard’s carpentry and muralist expertise, uniquely activating his in any other case decrease case work. The viewers are in a position to stroll in a rolling panorama, stuffed with vibrant flowers, bushes and foliage swirls, creating an expertise that’s “each fictitious and non-fiction,” explains the artist.
Hazard additionally ventured on the land of a number of tons by the strategy of casting in resin. Whereas the artist often makes use of a number of conventional supplies for his small works, he was in a position to create a substantial quantity of presents for family and friends, creating quite a few empty castings earlier than portray every handbook.
Discover extra works on the artist’s web site and check out his course of on Instagram.
