I am smaller than a gumnut
The boots have stopped and now you look
We are both frozen in time and space
I see you too.
I see you too
Charcoal, pastel and UV invisible paint on Ilford smooth cotton rag 310 gsm, printed with Ultra Chrome Inkon, UV lamp.
841 x 1189 cm, 2023
Bull ants have incredible vision for their size.
The hexagonal grid simulates vision through a bull ant’s compound eyes that perceive no red but instead green, blue, and ultraviolet. Bull ants are short-sighted to a distance of 1.5 metres. Below interprets daytime, the lower foreground is crisp receding to a blurred treescape.
The same drawing: night vision using invisible UV paint detected by a black light.
Watch night fall. The crickets have begun their chorus …