Blue Mountains Artists Connection: Member Profile

Mike Stacey

"Ether #2" from the Ether Series

My interests lie in the depiction and interpretation of vast, seemingly boundless space. When space becomes the motivating concept, the image moves through a distillation process where only the most primitive elements remain; earth, sea, sky. The delineation of such parameters by transitional lines such as the horizon, or the boundary between shoreline and sea, create a graphic strong point which also interests me. A degree of “temporal abstraction” is obtained through the use of long exposures allowing the viewer to appreciate the trajectories of the most elemental entities such as clouds, waves and stars.

Many of these images include a single sharply defined detail; the horizon. I offer the horizon line as a boundary between the limits of the viewers physical eyesight and an extension of their cognitive state or emotive vision. I invite the viewer to explore this boundary with regard to these limits.

Web: www.mikestacey.com

"Black Sea" from the Ether Series

"Ether #23" from the Ether Series

"Ether #20" from the Ether Series