Francis Pedley "Surrealistic Landscape" print 92 signed

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Limited Edition print. Signed and stamped with Official Seal. Francis Pedley. 1992. of a series of 880. Measures 25 by 17 inches. Unframed. Numbered, dated, and signed in gold Ink and below in pencil. One print of a private collection listed that have sat untouched for 25 years. Thanks for looking. About the Work

"Surrealistic Landscape" is an allegorical work based on the concept of a Landscape as a Chessboard. The image explores design problems similar to the issues treated in the painting "Fandango", regarding the "close" picture plane. Those issues pertain to what are referred to as "three-" and "four-point perspectives".

To elaborate, most paintings are designed in what is called "one-point Upward View of Pole perspective". That is to say, the subjects in the picture converge towards a single "vanishing point". If you take the example of looking down a railroad track...the point where the two rails seem to converge and disappear is the "vanishing point". What though if the artist wishes to depict two sets of rails converging to different points on the horizon. Then he must use two "vanishing points". Actually he can use more than two "vanishing points" as long as they are on the same line. In this case one could have ten or more "vanishing points" along the horizon line. It would still be a "two-point perspective" because the points are spread out in two basic directions. If another direction is added, either "up" or "down", then it becomes a "three-point perspective" and if both up and down are added, it becomes a "four-point perspective".

Although one occasionally sees "three-point perspectives", most people Downward View of Polewill never see a "four-point perspective" without extreme distortions, unless it is in a scenario where the separate subjects are floating in the space, with no physical objects or planes to separate them. Once a single object or plane itself must be executed in "four-point perspective", difficulties arise. This can be illustrated by imagining oneself standing on the edge of a cliff or building with a large pole coming from far below and extending past us and up very high. The view of "up" and "down" can be drawn as long triangles with pointed tips cut off. However if one tries splicing these two triangles together to make a continuous picture, something is wrong... If one looks straight on at the pole, its two sides are parallel to each other, whereas in the "spliced view", the sides bulge at the "splice". "Up" and "Down" View Spliced Together. In this work "Surrealistic Landscape", four point perspective is achieved without evident distortions to the objects nor any obvious curvatures of straight lines. These elements actually exist in the picture but are concealed by the design much the way a tailor hides seams in a garment.

Item ID: 275