Renata Fernandez.com, info@renatafernandez.com. Camouflage Series/title> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="copyright Renata Fernandez & Artbust"> <META NAME="Classification" CONTENT="Fine Art Website"> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Venezuelan born fine artist, living and working in London, United Kingdom. Artista Plastico venezolana, vive y trabaja en Londres, Reino Unido. Offizielle Webseite der Latein-Amerikanischen Künstlerin, Renata Fernandez, geboren in Venezuela, mit Studio und Wohnsitz in London, England. "> <META NAME="KeyWords" CONTENT="! Renata Fernandez, corporate art, big formats, fine art, young emerging artist, Latin American art, Venezuela, Venezuelan art, Caracas, London, London art, painting, sculpture, drawing, sport and art, sport art, mixed media, affordable art, ROFZ, Artbust, public art, world cup, Arte corporativo, grandes formatos, arte plastico, bellas artes, artista joven emergente, arte emergente, arte latinoamericano, arte venezolano, Londres, arte de Londres, pintura, escultura, dibujo, deporte y arte, arte deportivo, arte del deporte, tecnica mixta, arte asequible, arte barato, arte publico, copa mundial de futbol, Kunst im Büro, grosse Formate, Malerin, Kunst im Raum, neue Kunst, junge Künstler, Latein Amerikanische Kunst, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Sport Gemälde, Öl auf Leinwand, preiswerte Kunst, Auftragswerke, WM."> <style type="text/css"> body { background-color:#FFFFFF; } </style> <script src="../Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </head> <body> <div id="header"> <span class="style48">renatafernandez.com </span></div> </div>  <div id="wrapper"> <div id="content"> <div id="menu"> <p> </p> <p class="style1"> <a href="../index.html" target="_self">return to index</a> | <a href="flash/drawings.html" target="_blank">html version</a></p> <hr /> </div>  <table width="834"> <tr> <td height="21"> </td> <td><script type="text/javascript"> AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','670','height','550','src','flash/drawings','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','flash/drawings' ); //end AC code </script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="670" height="550"> <param name="movie" value="flash/drawings.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <embed src="flash/drawings.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="670" height="550"></embed> </object></noscript></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="21"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="159" height="21"> </td> <td width="670" class="style15"><div align="justify"> <p>I only started to explore charcoal drawing in earnest in 2004. The first medium formats proved restrictive. But the London bombings in July 2005 change the purpose and direction of my drawing. <br /> <br /> The terrorist act itself shocked me, as many Londoners were. The grief and impotence, the anxiety and the inevitable thoughts about mortality found an outlet with the main London paper double page spread of the photo ids of the 52 deceased. The unflattering images, caught unawares, honest smiles prompted an emotional response, which demanded a larger format. <br /> <br /> From then on I found that for me at least, drawing in charcoal equals gesture, and as such it requires a large surface to manifest. <br /> <br /> The Human landscapes, also based on an image from the press, demanded a large scale, where it becomes apparent the exploration of the relationship between the macro and the micro-landscape. Such large formats involve and envelope the viewer becoming at times almost installations. The original photo, a close up of a young man recovering from brain surgery, showed one side of the head that had been shaved off in order to extract the tumour, with growing stubble. All that hair suggested a landscape of epic proportions. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div></td> <td width="159"> </td> </tr> </table>  </div>  </div>  </body> </html>