Martin La Roche

Geneva

2013

Inspired by architecture, historical urbanism, passion for creation with intense multicultural experiences thru traveling and living in different parts of the planet, my drawings are...

Inspired by architecture, historical urbanism, passion for creation with intense multicultural experiences thru traveling and living in different parts of the planet, my drawings are...

"The Factory Builds Eternally East" depicts a open skies and city lights. This scene is of no particular place, but rather Carpenter's interpretation and compilation of various places he has visited. 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 Azul...

Renaud Bihi Untitled Charbon Charcoal 28 x 28 x 68 cm 11 x 11 x 26.8 in. Renaud Bihi, an artist of materials and a man of contrasts, has had a singular career in the art world. On...