Dronescapes by Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox

Brimblecombe-Fox: I am dismayed to read reports that people, who live in places where drone surveillance and potential attack are persistent threats, are afraid of the sky--often too fearful to venture outside. I wonder about what kind of world we are living in, where on the one hand cosmological research delves into the vastness of the universe, but on the other hand some people are afraid to look up at the sky. Many of my paintings play with ideas of a'new sky' created by the increasing persistence of long range and long dwell drone capabilities. I imagine skies replete with signals, data and digital images. For example, in New Sky I have painted three blue drones, each armed with Hellfire and guided bombs.