Those Beating Wings
Janet BroughtonJanet Broughton layers original photography with tactile textures and brushwork to map the fleeting geography of the subconscious. This piece captures the heavy, rhythmic thrum of a sudden ascent, where the sound of rising wings becomes a physical force that pulls the viewer into the sky.
Those Beating Wings
Janet Broughton layers original photography with tactile textures and brushwork to map the fleeting geography of the subconscious. This piece captures the heavy, rhythmic thrum of a sudden ascent, where the sound of rising wings becomes a physical force that pulls the viewer into the sky.
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Art Analysis
The Kinetic Pulse of a Rising Flock
Broughton works within her Landscapes of Dreams series, using a digital process that blends photographic reality with painterly intervention. By applying various textures and layers, she softens the edges of the natural world, creating a squared frame where the sky feels heavy with the weight of motion and the air vibrates with the energy of the flock. The composition avoids literal representation in favor of a felt reality, using depth and repetitive motion to evoke the sensation of being carried along by a force larger than oneself.
The work centers on the sensory experience of birds breaking from a tree, translating the twisting and turning of their flight into a visual narrative of escape. The artist uses her digital toolkit to mimic the way a memory of a landscape feels—fragmented, layered, and deeply atmospheric. By focusing on the kinetic energy of the birds rather than their static form, Broughton invites the viewer to move beyond the frame and join the upward rush of the beating wings.
The work captures the visceral rush of birds rising from a tree, translating the physical sensation of flight into a visual experience of release.
Through the use of layers and brushwork, Broughton creates a space where the physical landscape feels like a memory or a dream.
By blending photography with digital textures, the artist obscures the line between the captured moment and the imagined feeling.
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