Mitch Robertson, Lochness Landscapes, Green Mountain on Right, 2002/2003 Virtual Museum of Canada
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This Water-colour landscape shows an image of a lake with mountain and trees. The artist zeroes in more closely on the site itself, exposing the banality of this popular tourist space.

Mitch Robertson, Lochness Landscapes, Green Mountain on Right, 2002/2003

Images in the Series:The picturesque, post-card image is re-defined in this banal water-colour image of a landscape. Loch Ness, a popular tourist destination is represented here by the lake itself with boat, trees and mountain in the background. The artist reveals the ultimate banality of this tourist destination.This water-colour landscape vista of Loch Ness shows trees in the foreground, water and a sailboat in the background.This Water-colour landscape shows an image of a lake with mountain and trees. The artist zeroes in more closely on the site itself, exposing the banality of this popular tourist space.This water-colour shows a castle in the foreground with water and a mountain in the background. With this image, the artist mocks the typical tourists delusion that the place is unique. Unless you are familiar with the site itself, this could be a pastoral landscape of any castle in Europe.Using web cam imagery of the Loch Ness area in Scotland, the artist endows this banal image of boats on a lake surrounded by mountains with an imposed sense of uniqueness.

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