Piece description from the artist
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA- This is an abstract map of Long Beach- Shows the coastal region, in between the Port of Long Beach and Alamitos Bay Landing along the Pacific Ocean. The LA River is shown at the left side of the image running vertically up through the Lower Westside/Willmore area. The image includes the entire area south of Signal Hill, including The Circle Area, Zaferia, Poly High, Cambodia Town, Lincoln, Rose Park, Carroll Park, Belmont, Bluff Park, Naples, Alamitos Beach, and the entire downtown Long Beach area. Parts of the Port of Long Beach are shown at the bottom left. The cycling routes are indicated in a orange-red color.
Jennifer Carland is an artist who works with mixed media to create abstracted versions of aerial views and city maps. The work that she creates is loosely based on real geography and is abstracted so that the shapes, line, and color of the maps are altered to create a unique piece of artwork, showing an artistic representation of a real place.
Jennifer works with a variety of artistic materials and is fascinated by aerial views of the world around her. Each finished piece that she creates is of a map carefully selected for its geographical attributes and visual appeal then altered to create a unique piece of artwork. The finished product is a combination of hand-drawn and digitally altered images with many layers of colors and textures. The focus of her work is on interpreting the lines and shapes of a city map and changing the purpose of a map from utilitarian to conceptual. She intends to make the viewer think about their own place in relation to what is around them and appreciate the beauty in both the built and natural environments.
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