Painting title: MOTO
Medium: Acrylics on canvas
Size: 36"x36"

The challenge here was to emulate loose brushstrokes in a huge figure painted on a cement wall without losing the realism. The entire painting need to be constantly balanced in order for the lighting to appear convincing and to create a polymorphic illusion that would change depending on viewer perspective. Therefore, I have chosen certain pop culture icons that at once both contrast and blend into the cityscapes.

Additionally, I have radically changed the point of view as if the viewers were able to see these works from 30 feet above the sidewalk. This has created the challenge of creating multiple depths of field that appear palatable to viewers of the work itself.

With the exception of the sky, the piece was done with traditional brushes and a cmyk palette, using acrylic process colors. No airbrush, no pencils etc. I had to teach myself a new painting vocabulary to refrain from creating a smooth even surface. Due to the huge scale of the buildings, I needed to force the viewer back from the canvas in order to see the scene as it would actually appear from a distance when viewed in reality.