Colonial Misadventures

After attending a symposium on cartography maps seem to be creeping to the surface of Nigel's work. This latest image "Abledo Effect II' continues the thematic approach of its namesake exhibition.
Looking at the progressive image below you will be able to see the ways in which the figurative mapping elements of this image comes to the fore and is then knocked back throughout the layering process. A process perhaps synecdochically reflecting colonial mapping itself. Moving through three different stages up until the final image these images of the process give an insight not only into the technique but into the thematic and intellectual contemplation that takes place throughout the creation of a work.