Two artists that inspired me were Deepti Nair and Harikishnan Panicker, these two are an artist couple who create paper cut light boxes. This is cutting many layers of paper that are all the same color and are generally always white, then stacking them on top of each other and lighting them from behind. When the cut paper piece is complete and fully lighted the piece is immediately given a sense of depth with all of its many different layers each lighted differently. The layers closer to the viewer will appear dark as opposed to the layers in furhter back which will be very bright and will show the warm color of the light used in the piece. This creates and incredibly beautiful piece of art that is truly unique and visually stunning.
Deepti Nair and Harikishnan Panicker pay extreme attention to detail making sure that they have not overlooked something even if it may not be lighted and is instead in the shade of the piece. An example of this would be in one of their works, shown below, there are roots of a tree in the shaded area of their piece but we the viewer are still shown the roots even though they may be hard to see. Another important factor to discuss about their work is that every element within their work is always a silhouette, nothing is every given full on details such as a persons facial features or the cracking bark on a tree. Even though they do not give extreme detail such as, facial expressions, they still give the viewer enough information to understand what is occurring within their artwork. This artist couple is extremely masterful in their field and they have truly inspired me to create my own pieces of art based off of their work.
Further information regarding Deepti Nair and Harikishnan Panicker can be found in the following link: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/03/illuminated-cut-paper-light-boxes-by-hari-deepti/
Image that I discussed earlier that includes tree roots in a dark area.
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