Confined inside tiny, ornate frames till inevitably spilling over the sting, Barry Hazard’s expansive landscapes are “spaces for reflecting, contemplation, and surrendering to something larger and more timeless than us,” he says.
Impressed by huge notions resembling the connection between people and nature and ecological battle, Hazard (beforehand) interprets broad themes into miniature works. The Brooklyn-based artist employs tiny frames, wooden panel, and acrylic to depict a large number of scenes from mudslides and flower farms to glaciers and snowy roads. With a lot contained in such small compositions, Hazard describes his course of as “a simple way to rapidly engage in an artistic process, with an ultra-manageable scale.”
Final yr for New York’s Upstate Artwork Weekend, the artist expanded upon his miniature work, delving right into a challenge on the other finish of the dimensions of proportions. “Walk-In Painting” culminates Hazard’s carpentry and muralist expertise, uniquely activating his in any other case tiny work. Viewers are capable of step right into a rolling surroundings teeming with vibrant blooms, tufts of bushes, and sweeping mountains within the distance, creating an expertise that’s “both fictional and non-fictional,” the artist explains.
Hazard has additionally ventured into the realm of batch manufacturing via the strategy of resin casting. Whereas the artist sometimes makes use of extra conventional supplies for his small works, he has been capable of create a large quantity of items for family and friends by creating quite a few clean casted bases earlier than portray every by hand.
Discover extra work on the artist’s web site, and have a look into his course of on Instagram.
