Uptown Downtown

 

This still life is realism with a twist.  I put still life objects on a mirror, then put the mirror in a cityscape. Playful and puzzling, it is realism, influenced by modernism.

 

The silver vase and bowls reflect the city around them and the mirror turns the buildings hypnotically upside-down. I used many high-resolution photos to piece together this final composition which took over 100 hours to complete. This urban landscape is set in downtown Denver Colorado, by the Holy Ghost Catholic Church, the oldest Parrish in the state.