Project #30 Helen Booth, Polka Dot Landscapes
Welsh artist Helen Booth spend time at an aritst residency on Skaftafell Glacier in Iceland. The experience profoundly influenced her paintings. Living in below freezing temperatures in a raw landscape and working with graphite, liquid ink, basalt and canvas encouraged her to use basic marks in her paintings. When she returned home, her paintings reflected the experience in Iceland, painting mostly but not always with variations of white.
If you look closely, you will see that Booth's paintings have multiple layers, sometimes 3 or 4. Try counting and describing the layers in her paintings.
20 Below, Oil on canvas, 2020
Helen Booth in front of one of her paintings.
Yoshi Horigucchi
Rachel Noto
Alys Kuu
It Listens, Oil on canvas, 2023
20 Below, Oil on canvas, 2020
Helen Booth in front of one of her paintings.
Some other artists who paint polka dot landscapes are below.
Yoshi Horigucchi
Gregory Morizreau
Rachel Noto
Rachel Noto
Alys Kuu
Why do you think artists and viewers would be attracted by dots? Try some dot paintings of your own on paper or canvas or other surfaces like wood. Use ink, paint, pastel, crayons, colored pencils... any materials that you like.
Vocabulary: Glacier, artist residency, graphite, liquid ink, basalt, canvas, landscape
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