Neo-futurist landscape in acrylic capturing layered time and motion. — ***Temporal Surge***
***Dimensions:*** *24.5 W x 24.5 H x 0.6 D centimeters*
***Year:*** *2025*

**A deeper exploration of my latest work and the philosophy that underpins my artistic practice*

## When Landscapes Refuse to Rest

The natural world is never static. Mountains are not static monuments but dynamic systems constantly in flux. Clouds don’t hang; they surge, dissipate, and reform. Even the seemingly solid ground beneath our feet is in perpetual motion, shifting imperceptibly with each passing moment.

“Temporal Surge” emerged from this fundamental truth. As I worked on this piece, I found myself less interested in capturing the landscape’s appearance and more consumed by how it *felt* in motion. The vibrant oranges cutting through layers of green aren’t merely decorative choices; they’re the visual language of geological forces, atmospheric pressure, and temporal collision.

## Breaking the Surface

Traditional landscape painting often feels like looking through a window at a world held in suspended animation. In my New Futurist approach, I’m breaking that window entirely. The heavy impasto techniques and bold, gestural brushwork in “Temporal Surge” transform the flat canvas into a dimensional space where paint becomes a physical manifestation of energy.

The textural elements aren’t just about creating visual interest; they’re about forcing the viewer to confront the material reality of the landscape. Nothing in nature is smooth and even; everything has texture, weight, and resistance. The thick application of paint honours that physical truth.

## Colliding Timeframes

One of the most limiting aspects of traditional art is its fixation on the single moment. “Temporal Surge” attempts to break free from this constraint by layering multiple temporal planes within a single composition. The undulating forms and directional brushstrokes suggest not just how the landscape appears now, but how it has moved and will continue to move.

When viewing “Temporal Surge,” your eye doesn’t rest; it travels, circles back, and discovers new relationships between forms. This active viewing experience mirrors how we actually experience landscapes in reality: as a series of impressions that accumulate over time rather than as a single, frozen vista.

The colour relationships in “Temporal Surge” reject naturalism in favour of emotional and energetic truth. The vibrant turquoise sky isn’t about literal representation but about capturing the electric potential of the atmosphere. The deep purples and fiery oranges speak to the heat and pressure of geological transformation.

These colour choices are deliberate provocations, challenging us to see the landscape not as we think it should look, but as the dynamic, pulsating system it truly is. Nature is not passive; neither should our perception of it be.

“Temporal Surge” represents my transition from gouache to acrylic on hand-made panels. This technical shift has allowed me to build more substantial layers and achieve the textural complexity that New Futurism demands. The resilience of acrylic enables more aggressive application, scratching, and reworking—all essential techniques for capturing the forceful energy of landscapes in motion.

The hand-made panel itself becomes part of the conceptual framework, a deliberate rejection of mass-produced supports in favour of something as unique and carefully crafted as the natural world it helps represent.

As I continue to develop my New Futurist approach, “Temporal Surge” stands as a manifesto in paint a declaration that I reject the static, the motionless, and the passive. The Earth itself accelerates, and so must my art.

“Temporal Surge” is now available through Saatchi Art, where I hope it finds a home with someone who shares my fascination with motion, energy, and transformation. The future does not wait and neither does this landscape.

Explore and purchase “Temporal Surge” on Saatchi Art → https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Temporal-Surge/827247/12791617/view

- All paints are Jackson’s Professional Acrylics chosen because they get out of the way and let the colour scream.

- Teal Green – like industrial ocean light

- Yellow Ochre – scorched earth vibes

- Van Dyke Brown – the good kind of grime

- Naphthol Carmine – it bleeds just right

- Titanium White – don’t skip it. Ever.