Carlos Arriaga - Pink Manhattan

Digital painting about transmuted photography. (Inverted from positive to negative)
The skies I depict with an almost unreal look are not merely aesthetic choices; they are metaphors of the state of our environment and of 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 recover the balance we have lost.
This set of works reflects on the fragile relationship between humanity and nature. Through powerful images with strong contrast, I seek to capture a world where the atmosphere seems altered, uneasy, and transmuted.

Urban scene of Downtown from Manhattan Bridge. NY.
A novel photograph in which the mute is shown transformed and somehow reversed. The lights become shadows, the shadows become lights, colors transform into their complementary ones, and magic arises. It is a transmuted photograph with inverted positive that becomes what was once called negative, like silver halide films but greatly enhanced with a lot of digital painting work.
These city views are the magical result of extensive intellectual and manual work with the computer. A recognizable urban landscape but totally transformed by means of light and color. A technique unique in the world, as far as I know.

Artwork around the world, in order of quantity of works and photographs:
Spain, Germany, Netherlands, USA, Italy, United Kingdom, France, Austria, Belgium, Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland, Mexico, Luxembourg, Romania, Australia.