Shane McAdams

To me, the most obvious part of starting a journey is by looking at maps, to decipher the route to take. Brooklyn based artist Shane McAdams has used a variety of mixed media to create vast, layered landscapes, that look like an alternative map, in which the place you could be visiting is peeking through the grids and roads. Some of the illustrations look as though they have mould growing over the top of them, but I find this strangely appealing, the mouldy effect is creeping and making it's own journey across the illustrations. I could perhaps use a similar style in my work, by layering photographs I have taken, with my own hand drawn maps.