Ephemeral Mark on the Landscape

In the process of creating this artwork I considered and worked towards several different locations before settling on the one I would eventually develop.  Ideally, the location would feature an archway or opening of some sort, and the mark I intended to make would be to set a piece of Plexiglass some distance from that opening, and to paint on it in the shape of the negative space.  From a specific vantage point, my painting would appear to depict a setting on the other side of that entrance, in a sort of augmented reality.  

This is a mark on the landscape which aims to create the illusion of a different landscape (or underwaterscape) which existed during the Late Eocene, 40 to 35 million years ago, when the sea level was higher and Florida itself was lower, and the first fully marine cetaceans made their way across hemispheres from southwest Asia to North America.  I wanted to give the impression that the windows were an anomalous gateway into this period of time, superimposed onto our own current reality.

one of the many archways near the outer gate of Ponce Hall.  I intended to mount the plexiglass on the edge of the brick column in the left foreground.

The gateway to the Castillo De San Marco fort, from the inside looking out

the breezeway, looking out.  I wanted to paint the creature so that it appeared to be swimming through the entrance, its tail still outside and lit accordingly.

the windows near the elevator on the fourth floor of the parking garage.  This was the setting I decided to paint from and for.

the piece, with the finished painting, set up for photographing 

the larger panel showcasing the Basilosaurus, no background, ideal lighting.

one of many failed attempts to replicate the angle I painted towards

In an extremely fortuitous turn of events, the windows looking out from the third floor of Abare fit the painting almost perfectly, which was really nice after how badly the garage attempts turned out