This month’s conceptual photography threads in a familiar geometric theme, with the winter landscape of a fresh heavy snow, with sun, shadows and icicles. The abstractions are made of realistic original photography, hence the title Abstract Realism. All of the pieces are a layering of views to create the effect of an abstract painting. “RootContinue reading “February 2026 Art: Winterscapes & Abstract Realism”
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Exploring Shape Memory With Conceptual Photography
This conceptual photography feature for January 2026 focuses on the natural phenomenon of shape memory. Shape memory occurs at the molecular and cellular level for example, to remember how to form and re-form, and how to make different patterns, responding to stimuli such as light and by extension even the “observer effect.” This is justContinue reading “Exploring Shape Memory With Conceptual Photography”
Winter 2025 Art: Geometric Expressionism, Cosmic & Urban Photography Fusion
The conceptual photography artworks blend a hi tech modern cubist approach with natural, cosmic, and urban subjects. The focus is on color brilliance with op art dimension, that seems to shift and warp, or fold. “The color of a unique moment in light.“ A few of these are inspired by and composed of searching theContinue reading “Winter 2025 Art: Geometric Expressionism, Cosmic & Urban Photography Fusion”
Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Features: Color Block + New Mixed Media
The latest experimentation is with color block or color field style, inspired by the prominent painter Rothko. expander, named for the op art sort of shape here, concept of the broad color spectrum and dimensional universe, and also the chakras, the energetics centers, or loci of the body. The affect was achieved with an openContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Features: Color Block + New Mixed Media”
Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Feature: Hi Tech Botanical As ‘Religious Art’
Studio Shangri-La • Deep Tropic • windows and panels. Earth is the church — These are made to look like stained glass windows and panels, making use of beautiful symmetry & asymmetry, and making ‘religious art’ of nature, because we come from nature. One thing I find interesting about the process – When working withContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Feature: Hi Tech Botanical As ‘Religious Art’”
Studio Shangri-La Today’s Art: Bioelectric Bougainvillea
Photographed in Florida, this is a bioelectric abstract expression of realistic photos. The concept is to express the somewhat hidden dimensions of life and there is still much to be learned from plants & nature. I’m referring to this as tech art due to the electronic / geometric inspiration for the layouts. Available for highContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Today’s Art: Bioelectric Bougainvillea”
Featured Artwork + Concept: “Decision Tree”
With “Decision Tree” I was inspired by the evolutionary choices of species that leads to different adaptations. The overlapping Cubist style layout in both is an abstraction of overlapping decision trees, expressive of possible paths of one or more species or situations. These are photos I took of actual trees, so in that way thereContinue reading “Featured Artwork + Concept: “Decision Tree””
Ice Castle By Studio Shangri-La Fine Art
This latest batch is inspired by the winter season in Boston, the psychology and the magic, the coldness yet the warmth of (bio) tech, heart glowing through ice; multifaceted reflections of light on ice, the Celtics’ Jayson Tatum’s style, and the coming new year. These pieces will appear in the the “New in December 2022”Continue reading “Ice Castle By Studio Shangri-La Fine Art”
Self Knowledge Trio — Primitive Conceptual Painting (2018-2022)
Self Knowledge is a three canvas or panel work and each piece is 18” x 24.” They are: Lineage, Structure & Starwash. For more about the meaning, check the shop page where the group, sold together, is listed for direct sale. It’s also available through Saatchi Art. This is a project mostly completed in 2018,Continue reading “Self Knowledge Trio — Primitive Conceptual Painting (2018-2022)”
Les impatiens Slideshow 🌺
Something about the character of these Fleurs evokes a French title here. A couple of these variations are featured in Deco Botanical and Nature Portraits on the Portfolio / Gallery page. Keep in mind — that for every piece on the portfolio page, there may well be 4-6 other variations!