I took this photograph a couple of weeks ago. I think a level of tension is added to the image by the way it is framed by shooting through the ajar door. The fire escape scene with the vivid reds and stark black contrast is very atmospheric and the figures standing out in the night air have a certain Nighthawks quality as captured in American artist Edward Hopper’s (1882-1967), painting of that name, which was painted in 1942.
Next I would like to move to the latest painting on which I have been working. I took the inspiration from my video Time Machine, which is available to view on the first blog after my introductory entry. I have attempted to capture the sense of liquids swirling fast through a high spinning helix where light pours through the central axis.
The Swiss artist Caro Niederer (b. 1963), is one who uses her existing works, reworking photographs, drawings and paintings to, for example to create carpets. It seems a good way to explore subject matter and employ a myriard of techniques to interesing effect.
