I have a hard time truly understanding the density of human activity represented by the evidence visible when flying over landscape. While ports, large industrial installations, mines and extraction fields are all impressive, the view of a city like New York can be overwhelming.
As I painted the Big Picture I was mesmerized by the turbulent and intricate maze of life each tiny flick of the brush covered...even deep underground. The vast expanses of the west sometimes make me envision how big a city would fit in those views through the windshield, and how transformed that dusty ground would be with subway concession stands, dollar slices of pizza on the canyon-land street corners and millions of people rushing about intent on their glowing screens...
For those of you in the LA area, I'll be speaking at the William Rolland Gallery in Thousand Oaks, CA on October 1st : The Beautiful: Contemporary Images of America
My wonderful gallery representation: LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
And as always, you can also contact me directly by email: info@sethtane.com and follow my occasional photo posts on: Instagram