RADAR Artist Statement Odette Nicholson August 2006 Saskatoon Canada RADAR I & II & III series In the beginning Hot Air Balloon offers a ‘bird’s eye view’ direct look down tipping over nearness to the Earth energy systems showing prairie cultivated fields of patterns and patchwork around the natural topography. The evening sun shadows insisting on lush texture and variegated surface - of greenery, next to rough dirt, next to water, the land a voluptuous sculpture. The heaviness and depth of forms are solid under a streaming electric sensory transmission, of air currents and of the stops and starts of wing beats. Radiated information - mineral, magnet, migrated memory. Of ancient pathways, repetition over millennium, the instinctual knowing or sensing of safe passage. RADAR 1 series Bird’s eye view. Lush texture, variegated patterns, direct look down. Memory, migration, magnetics, minerals; ancient pathways. Feeling of flight, the weight of air. Seeking of necessary life sustaining water, shelter. The pattern of yearly repetition, Knowing or sensing safe passage. Rapid movements; the wings, bird heartbeat, vibration. Resolution solid under a constant stream of electric information currents. Reflected light, heat or cool sensations coming up off the earth’s surface, Emulate these elements with fine lines of paint; a controlled striping of brilliant colours; stops and starts in transmission. Feel the ground. *RADAR 1 painting series is acrylic on stretched canvas (unframed) various sizes 8x10 inches to 4x4 feet. RADAR II series Takes the center of gravity, convert earth energy. Paint. Continuing the vertical stripe effect and the process became the end result. *RADAR II watercolour series on cotton rag paper (unframed) average size 10x14 inches. RADAR III series sketches Playful abstractions with light surfaces. Set of Eight paintings. *RADAR III acrylic on stretched canvas (unframed) 18x18 inches each.