Kalpana Soanes

Twilight Mist, Painting, Oil on Canvas

2023

Moonrise at dusk always makes me stand still and watch. It’s incredibly calming. Even better if there are some clouds reflecting the moonlight. Highland Hope III, an atmospheric se...

Winter sunrise is perhaps the best part of winter for all sun seekers. At times I don’t see the sun but there is always that gentle watery sunlight to enjoy. This impressionistic d...

There’s always a place in your heart that feels like home…. and you can spend a lifetime looking for something similar elsewhere. Unforgotten Shore, a large landscape in vibrant ...

Poignant Shore, an abstract seascape in blue. A panoramic piece with gentle sea and sky to create a calm ambience in your home. Lovely texture. The sides of this contemporary artwork...

Dusk 1 [2022] original Acrylic on Canvas Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:30 cm x D:3cm Frame Size: H:33.5 cm x W:33.5 cm x D:5cm Sold F...

Transcendent Beauty 10.0 x 8.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "I love a blank canvas. But I also enjoy taking older paintings ...

The Feature Presentation 40.0 x 20.0 x 1.0, 7.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "This painting was so much fun to paint! I had a literal ...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Searching for Sunrise" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white landscape with vast mountains and valleys echoing the swirling motion of the clouds overhead Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is a Los Angeles based artist who uses black and white paint to explore the perception of space and beauty. Carpenter's formal education is in science - he holds a MS in Neuroscience from UCSD and a BS in Psychobiology from UCLA - and he brings this background into service when making art. His paintings explore the mechanisms of perception and aesthetics, examining among other things how the depiction of light can impart realism and convey emotion. Like his paintings bridging art and science, Carpenter's career has similarly straddled the two fields, and he has taught subjects ranging from neuroscience and environmental science to photography and painting. Artist Statement As a painter, I am particularly interested in how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. Painting, as with any visual art, is obviously dependent on light. But painting can also have a more specific connection in that the accurate depiction of light is crucial for achieving realism. Realism in paintings largely arises from the portrayal of depth - perceiving a painting as being realistic is equivalent to seeing its subject as existing in more than just the two dimensions of the picture plane - and one of the mechanisms by which humans perceive depth is through lighting cues. Light creates features such as shading, shadow, and contrast that tell us about the three-dimensional arrangement of our surroundings, and artists often use these features to impart realism to paintings. Light also factors in to the emotional impact of paintings. The differential illumination of our surroundings can evoke different moods, as evidenced by the influence sunsets, candlelight, and darkness can have on us. Such effectssuggest that our perception of light could be tied to primitive instincts, with light signaling factors such as shelter, nightfall, and warmth, which were once crucial for survival. The depiction of light in...