Low and High

This painting is what I consider as of April 2023 to be one of, if not the best acrylic painting I have made in my career thus far. Inspired by the famous artwork entitled High and Low by M.C. Escher, I wanted to create the same effect of perspective changing depending on where you are looking at the painting. If you look at the figure in the bottom it looks like you are looking from the bottom of a building toward the top. In contrast, if you look at the figure in the top window it seems as though you are looking down from the top of the building. The center point is a neutral ground where it is facing the viewer head on. The reason I think this is one of my best is because the lighting and shading are not too intense, but clearly show form on the architecture. At some point in the near future I want to try out one of Escher’s impossible shapes because I find his work to be an unending source of inspiration. To create this, I used turner acrylic gouache for the whole painting and only worked with colors directly out of the tubes. The final original acrylic work is 24” x 36” and as of writing is still for sale here. There are also giclee and canvas prints of it available.