P.Wharton

Artworks

BLOODLINE

_{Homage to early sci-fi.} 
 

BLOODLINE. Iterations of past.  From a series of NFTs drawing upon otherwise archived material from the 90s.

Copyright © 2024 Philip Wharton - All Rights Reserved.

Homage to Sci-fi. Age six. 

I was bitten by the Sci-fi bug at a very early age; around six. I was on an Away-Mission to Mars with my mother, no, to stay with my uncles who lived in another town.  Another world. 

They were both very avid scholars of Sci-fi, philosophy, astronomy and photography to name a few of their interests.  I recall stacks of Sci-fi books and their amazing illustrations of aliens, planets, space stations and space ships. Oil paintings of stars and planets. Piles of Air show magazines. StarTrek on TV. A massive telescope they had made along with hand grinding all the lenses and mirrors themselves. It was a massively infectious environment for a child.  Another world for a child. 

Then, there was the release of Star Wars in the UK.  I was thirteen. Back then, it was phenomenally groundbreaking. A “New Hope” you could say. A first. 

As for all the amazing new Sci-fi out there now being written, illustrated and filmed, respect! And remember, “On the shoulders of giants” we all stand. You stem from a very pure Bloodline . 

Bloodline.  Homage to Sci-fi. And all those amazing Sci-fi book cover illustrations of the early years.

Bloodline.  Width 56.33cm x Height 63.59cm res300ppi
Vincent is also hidden within this digital artwork. See NFTs

                         
                                                Samos

Samos was specifically chosen as this years (2024) sponsored Student Award Prize for The Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA) University of St Andrews.  A sponsored Student Award Prize since 2019. P. W.  Each award piece is an iteration of  Wharton’s most recent works at that time. By P Wharton.

ITIA

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The Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA) University of St Andrews.

Samos.

Right side Stamped/Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.
Left side stamped/ remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Epicurus

(2024) Samos.

(2023) Oculus.

(2022) Icarus.

(2021) Living water.

(2020) Hear more of what you see.