Portraits in 3 Spheres Print

To draw a seemingly impossible painting, you must first become the canvas. This one titled “Portraits in 3 spheres” is a painting of a reflection silhouette of the artist looking back at himself, amused at the very same painting placed in front of him — the artist, staring back at himself looking at himself with an eerie distorted mirror image, a ‘refracted’ silhouette ‘reflected’ off another shiny surface, captured is an elaborately recursive theme — There are 3 spheres, of equal size, but different in aspect, placed next to each other on a shiny table, in an imaginary scene set in 3 dimensions. The one on the right is made of clear glass, not only is it transparent, but it also reflects. It kinda magnifies the structure of the table top on which it rests and at the same time mirrors an open window. The sphere on the left, has a translucent, diffuse, matt surface, it presents a light side and a dark side with better clarity than the other two. The spherical mirror in the middle distortedly reflects all of the surroundings and features contained in the room, while the artist is observing himself and also observing everything behind and around him — replete with multiple features of the surrounding space reflected in it. A homage to M.C. Escher In 2 ways the artist attempts to capture in a single frame, a triple unity — not only does the scene reflect and refract its surroundings to the left and right, but all three of spheres are shown in a painting on which the artist is working — captured in the reflection within a reflection, the surroundings, an open window by the side, the ceiling, a bunch of features, including a picture of the artist in front of the very same painting that is being made. Every part of the world seems to contain & be contained in every other part of the scene — The table reflects the spheres on top of it, the spheres reflect each other as well as the table, the painting of them and me painting them. The endless connections which all things have to each other, the all pervading light illuminating and reflecting off every sphere and every sphere reflecting not only the light from every other surface but also every reflection of every reflection throughout the scene. That is the world — that of people, each one reflected in the minds of others, who in turn are mirrored in yet others and so on.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:12 W x 9 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:17.25 W x 14.25 H x 1.2 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.