I used the 1823 painting titled "Sea of Ice(Arctic Shipwreck)" by Casper David Friedrich as a model and created a three dimensional replica of it in blue Styrofoam. In many ways this is a reversal of the painting process; translating a flattened image back into three dimensions required me to continually look at the painting and imagine the space described by the painting.

R10.4

2002
colored paper, polystyrene
62" x 38" x 50"