This work was initiated by digitising an original Manhattan cityscape painting in mixed media on aluminium sheet. Energetic drips & splatters of colour imitate the vigorous movement and flashing fluorescent lights of Times Square.
I'm very pleased to be donating this artwork to 'Choose Love'. When you buy this piece of art, you’re sending love, supplies and services to refugees. Proceeds benefit Choose Love, a restricted charitable fund under Prism the Gift Fund, UK charity number 1099682.
To create this NYC piece, the physical painting was digitised using a Leica M (Type 240) rangefinder camera, paired with the Leica Summilux-M 1:1.4/35 lens for superlative colour depth and image quality, preserving the tones and textures of the source painting. Additional photography utilising various lighting effects and texture reference imagery was taken. The composite images were then enhanced and expanded upon through digital manipulation and motion in three dimensional space to create the final NFT.
For further provenance on this artwork, it can be viewed in the Digital Collection on my official website, where you can also see examples of my physical paintings: https://www.paulkenton.com/nfts/choose-love/
You can also check out this video of a recent research painting trip to New York, where I painted 'Plein Air' in various locations around the city, including Times Square: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZACT_xHFMk0
