Carlos Arriaga - Hot Blue Chinatown.

Digital painting about transmuted photography.
Urban scene of Cinatown in Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge with an atmosphere and colors that are completely unique.
A novel photograph in which the mute is shown transformed and somehow reversed. The lights become shadows, the shadows become lights, the colors transform into their complements and magic arises. It is a photograph with the inverted positive that becomes negative and it is worked with a lot of digital painting work using Photoshop.
The skies I represent with an almost unreal appearance are not mere 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 lost balance.
This set of works contemplates the fragile relationship between humanity and nature. Through powerful, high-contrast imagery, I seek to capture a world where the atmosphere seems altered, uneasy, and transmuted.

These city views are the magical result of extensive investigation and work, both intellectual and manual with the computer. A recognizable urban landscape but totally transformed through light and color. A unique technique in the world, as far as I know.

Artworks around the world, in order of number of pieces and photographs:

- Spain, Germany, Netherlands, USA, Italy, United Kingdom, France, Austria, Belgium, Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland, Mexico, Luxembourg, Romania, Australia, Portugal.