Carlos Arriaga - Horny Manhattan - XL

Digital painting about photography transmuted. The skies I depict with an almost unreal appearance are not mere aesthetic choices; they are metaphors for the state of our environment and 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 reclaim the balance we 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, unsettling, and transmuted.

Urban scene of Manhattan, with the One World building as the protagonist. A novel photograph in which the mute figure is shown transformed and somehow inverted. The lights become shadows, the shadows the lights, the colors transform into their complementary hues and magic arises. It is a transmuted photograph with the inverted positive that becomes what was once called the negative, as in 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 on the computer. A recognizable urban landscape but totally transformed by means of light and color. A unique technique in the world, as far as I know.

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