by Karen Buford

Artwork Description

Sky Dancer

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Digital art photography of dancers at outdoor art festivals. The Dancer is leaping across the stage. The photo captured his movements during the apex of his leap. Through digital manipulation the dancer has been repeated into three dancers. He seems to be larger than the city skyline as each iteration of the figure leaps over a different section of the city. The dancers are highlighted in bright colors. The third dancer is more ghostly and seems to be either materializing or de-materializing depending on the point of view. The daytime scene in the original photo has been transformed into deep nighttime with the application of a dark background. The buildings in the foreground are rendered as line drawings and overlap to create the illusion of density. The neon lights of Las Vegas are presented in the buildings as glowing lines. One tiny cloud has been multiplied into a rough texture in a sky of bright shining stars. The mood is one of intensity, energy and mystery. The giant proportion of the dancers to the buildings gives the sense of otherworldliness to the entire artwork.

Artwork Details

Medium: Digital Art

Genre: Surrealism