Todd Carpenter

Lost Between The Details, black and grey oil painting of city skyline

2018

"The Factory Builds Eternally East" depicts a open skies and city lights. This scene is of no particular place, but rather Carpenter's interpretation and compilation of various places he has visited. As a painter, I examine how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene, and is much of what enables a painting to convey depth and realism. Our perception of lighting features occurs largely through pathways in the brain that carry only black and white information, pathways which are distinct from areas that encode the colors and details we use to delineate specific objects. By painting in grayscale, I try to interact specifically with this region of our visual system, with the hope of conveying some of the spaciousness and emotional significance that light can imbue on scenes. Light, whether as the crisp contrast of a back-lit forest or the gray haze of an industrial landscape, is what defines a scene. Its power to communicate the feel of a place is the principle subject of my paintings. The Blue Azul...

"Descending Towards Now," oil on wood painting by artist Todd Carpenter depicts a remote landscape of leafless trees being nourished by a running stream. Imagine this is a past route...

"With Sky Peeled Back From The Earth" depicts a open skies and city lights. This scene is of no particular place, but rather his interpretation and compilation of various places he h...

"Head in the clouds" depicts skyscrapers and a waterway. This scene is of no particular place, but rather his interpretation and compilation of var...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Entrained" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white urban landscape with city lights in the foreground. This piece is framed and ready to hang. ...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Drain of Progress" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white cityscape skyline with a large body of water passing through the middle. Bio/artist...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Regression" is an acrylic painting that depicts a black and white landscape. Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is a Los Angeles based artist who use...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Sinking In" is an acrylic painting that depicts a black and white landscape of an industrial river scene. Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is a Lo...