I really like this name: fantascape… I don’t know if miki or susan cornelis invented it but it’s a good one. Landscapes that are fantastical, imaginary, not real… Imaginary landscapes created as much by the hasards of paints and brush as they are created by the artist… I’m not sure, also, if the artist who invented the word would agree to my interpretation of it…
But them, the term is out there and the fate of a word is as uncertain and chance supporting as the fate of a person… The hasard and the necessity are ruling the world (even if one of those two is also called God)…
So, here it is : a small fantascape I finished recently, bending here and there some rules of composition and logic. In order to get away of the discipline and logic a fantascape is a great escape and escape sound also good and maybe the fantascape is about fantastic landscapes but also and escapism…
Copyright @ 2008 Dan Iordache, for the image and the text
