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birds eye view series 1 oil on canvas

series. Bird's-eye View

date. 2015-2016

A completely unselfconscious portrait. People are totally unaware that they are being observed. And the more we look, the more we see not just the beautiful symmetry of the human body from this point of view but also the details of this person’s life; hats, bags they carry, phones they are plugged into, yoga mats, newspapers…

While looking out of my eighth floor window from my studio at the SVA summer residency, I started taking pictures of the crazy diversity of the population walking down just one street in Manhattan.

birds eye view series 2 oil on canvas

Bird's-eye View #2

98x95cm

birds eye view series 3 oil on canvas

Bird's-eye View #3

96x103cm

birds eye view series 4 oil on canvas

Bird's-eye View #4

94x104cm

birds eye view series 5 lightbox

Bird's-eye View #5

Duratrans on lightbox

81x100cm

birds eye view series 5 lightbox 2
birds eye view series 7 oil on canvas

Bird's-eye View #7

88x111cm

birds eye view series 8 oil on canvas

Bird's-eye View #8

85x105cm

birds eye view series 9 oil on canvas

Bird's-eye View #9

99x135cm

birds eye view series 10 oil on canvas

Bird's-eye View #10

108x132cm

birds eye view series 11 oil on canvas

Bird's-eye View #10

95x103cm

birds eye view series 12 oil on canvas

Bird's-eye View #12

84x105cm

aviva brooks visual artist contemporary art oil painting photography cross-disciplinary artist silk-screen acrylic 

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