Following my consideration of the relationship between visual stimulus and aural imagination, I decided to paint some abstract studies intended to create a sense of an “aural landscape”, taking into account layering, colours, the relationship between colours, shapes, texture, orientation, thickness and opacity of the paint, and other factors.

Aural landscape 1, Stella MacDougall, 2020, Oils and acrylics on board.

Aural landscape 2, Stella MacDougall, 2020, Oils and acrylics on board.

Continuing with the project I think I would like to experiment with depicting  scenes that visually present “real” noises, combined with the factors I listed above to create a sense of a multi-layered visual and aural landscape.

Primary Research – Mapping the Soundscape / Stella MacDougall / Drawn From the City (2020-2021)[SEM1] by blogadmin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0