
Arcadian Landscape Series









Indian Ink and Goauche on Fabriano Paper
1 of 9
22cm x 14cm
2014
This body of nine Indian Ink paintings is based on Arcadian landscape painting created during the 17th and 18th century, which sought to illustrate an ideal landscape recalling Arcadia, a legendary place in ancient Greece known for its pastoral beauty. For this series I researched many different versions of Arcadian landscape painting by many different painters and selected nine. From each separate painting I made my own version of the work, to a large extent mimicking every element in the painting in my piece but also inserting various vignettes relative to contemporary Northern Ireland. Scenes of conict, rioting or contemporary Northern Irish politics can be viewed.
© 2013 Ursula Burke
