Carlos Arriaga - Transfiguered Brooklyn

Digital painting on transmuted photography.
This body of works reflects on the fragile relationship between humanity and nature. Through powerful, high-contrast imagery, I seek to capture a world where the atmosphere seems altered, unsettled, and transmuted. The skies I depict, often darkened or with an almost unreal appearance, are not mere aesthetic choices; they are metaphors for the state of our environment and for the consequences that human intervention has caused. Each work aims to invite reflection, to question our impact, and to imagine where we are headed if we do not regain the balance we have lost.

Urban scene of Manhattan as seen from Brooklyn.
A novel photograph in which the mute appears transformed and somehow inverted. Lights become shadows, shadows become lights, colors turn into their complementary hues, and magic arises. It is a transmuted photograph with the positive inverted, becoming what used to be called the negative—like silver halide films but greatly enhanced with extensive digital painting work.
These city views are the magical result of extensive research and work, both intellectual and manual with the computer. Recognizable urban landscape but completely transformed through light and color. A unique technique in the world, as far as I know.

Artwork from around the world, arranged by the number of paintings and photographs:
Spain, Germany, Netherlands, USA, Italy, United Kingdom, France, Austria, Belgium, Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland, Mexico, Luxembourg, Romania, Australia.