Ben Darby

Untitled, acrylic on canvas, blue flowers, texture, red, blue, yellow

2020

Ta Da, acrylic on canvas painting by Ben Darby. The painting has a raised texture, as though molded striped textile. A unique miniature of Darby's imaginarium.

Todd Carpenter As a painter, I examine how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene, and is much of what enables a painting to convey depth and realism. Our perception of lighting features occurs largely through pathways in the brain that carry only black and white information, pathways which are distinct from areas that encode the colors and details we use to delineate specific objects. By painting in grayscale, I try to interact specifically with this region of our visual system, with the hope of conveying some of the spaciousness and emotional significance that light can imbue on scenes. Light, whether as the crisp contrast of a back-lit forest or the gray haze of an industrial landscape, is what defines a scene. Its power to communicate the feel of a place is the principle subject of my paintings. The Blue...

"A Very Confusing Game II" is an original piece by NDA made from collaged mixed media mounted to panel. This piece measures 16”h x 12”w and is signed en verso. NDA is a public and ...

Unborn Sound #14 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Maho Maeda. This painting is made with acrylic, coloured pencil and ink on cotton canvas and carved wood, dimensions are ...