Something (alt.lighting) by Synapse
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Description
Bed sheet, sticks and twine on 45cm x 45cm canvas
using modelling paste and white impasto acrylic
29th January 2006
Each time I make one of these canvases, I photograph several versions, each with the light coming from a different angle. I then pick the best one to show. However, on reflection I felt I may not have chosen the best version to upload yesterday (it's all subjective of course). So, as an alternative, here's the same canvas with radically different lighting ;-)
Thank you as always for taking a look and for any feedback that springs to mind...
again, if anyone can think of a decent title, please feel free to make any suggestions :-)
Comments (4)
erlandpil
Nice one
Naichan
The interesting thing about this photo is that it's impossible to know the scale without being told. It could be huge or microscopic. As you said, the detail never ends. On this subject, got a DVD called Microscapes: Shapes of the Invisible. Japanese release of a French experimental documentary. Quite Synaptic in parts!
crrunchyfrog
What spins me out about this photo is that it appears to me to be a negative of the original, like its carved and scooped out instead of raised to the surface. You know how much I like this one, so I won't ramble on too much, but say that I really like the direction you've been taking this technique and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next! Thank you as always for creating and sharing biggest hugs. :)
Synapse
biggest hugs back I guess the illusion comes from the fact that we tend to be used to seeing things lit from above (notably the light from the sun in the sky) and so our brains will process the illumination of form in this way. Thus, when the light comes from below (as is the case here) the brain will still "assume" the light to be from above and so it will compensate by inverting the perception of depth :-)