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SUMMARY:Linking Geology and Art in the field - insights from mountains an
 d fold-thrust structures - Phoebe Sleath - University of Aberdeen
DTSTART:20241104T180000Z
DTEND:20241104T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Phoebe’s presentation will discuss her journey into field sk
 etching and how this inspires her PhD research on the field interpretation
  of structural geology. On a break during PhD fieldwork at St Brides Haven
  in Pembrokeshire\, Phoebe started to paint the landscape in watercolours 
 and found it completely changed the way she saw the rocks. \n \n“I paint
 ed the vibrant viridian sea and the deep cobalt sky\, and then I moved to 
 the rocks\, thick paint for the Winsor red mudstones and diluted washes fo
 r the pale grey sandstones. As I painted the wind blew the clouds away fro
 m the sun and the light changed\, moving and deepening the shadows. I mixe
 d red and blue for dark purple to bring out the different faults and fract
 ures. I realised that I was looking at the rocks in a different way\, that
  painting was guiding my thoughts\, and creating my scientific method. I f
 elt a beautiful clarity and connection\, in both looking at the landscape 
 as a whole and the rocks and structure in all their details. I was enjoyin
 g being in the scientific process. I started to ask myself questions\, had
  other geologists been here before me? Had they sat in the same spot? Had 
 they seen the outcrop in the same way?”\n\nWith a sketchbook and palette
  in hand Phoebe went on further PhD fieldwork in Tuscany and Switzerland\,
   fieldtrips across the UK and Europe\, and climbing and hiking trips all 
 over Scotland. PhD work includes the interpretation of fold thrust structu
 res in the field and how our perception of an outcrop is impacted by metho
 ds and viewpoint. The talk will include a viewing of her short film - The 
 Lost Art of the Land - a sailing and painting expedition around the Small 
 Isles to discover the geology and landscape in the footsteps of early geol
 ogists.
LOCATION:Harker 1 lecture room\, Department of Earth Sciences\, Downing Si
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