Three months ago when I was neurotically working on my final charcoal drawings and refused to leave the painting studio I couldn't help but notice the lighting effects that the skylight had on my drawing. In some crazy roundabout way it helped me realize one of the reasons for my obsession with old architecture.
Detailed architecture exaggerates the changing light of the sun. There are great deal more opportunities for shadows and a wider range of value shifts. It's a way to watch time progress right in front of your eyes. The dramatic shadow transformations that occur around dusk have always made me uneasy. It has something to do with seeing the physical proof of the passage of time and being completely unable to stop it.
Anyways all of this was set off by seeing the changing light across my drawing. Aside from this whole time obsession that probably makes sense only in my head, the light also reminded me of lighting coming through a cathedral window (perfect lighting for a drawing OF a cathedral). So in the end even though the lighting reminded me of this unnerving feeling I have about time, it also gave me this calm and serene feeling, like a peaceful moment stopped in time when watching light shine through a cathedral window illuminating the beautiful architecture inside.
Either I sound absolutely crazy or these pictures really needed no explanation.
I could totally see these drawings installed in a gallery with similar lighting. Maybe people will make the connections? Or maybe it's completely cheesy... anyways I liked the way the photos turned out.
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