Paintings inspired by Love
Love is the Answer Oil on Canvas , 12"x9" 12/2020
The Alchemy of Love Oil on Canvas 32"x24" 3/2021
The Oxytocin Harp 3D Holographic Lenticular 18" x 24" 6/2021
This series of paintings is based on love.and the feelings it elicits. The electro chemical reactions to love in the brain, and the desire it causes.
We are here to evolve, learn, accomplish, inspire, and create. There are combinations of these elements that give us drive and will. No matter where we come from, what our status is, intellectual prowess, or position in life, I feel there is one more thing beyond the elements that makes most of us the same. Love. Beyond all the distractions and glamour, pain, and suffering, I feel we all want to love and be loved. I'll close this book with the wish that you have love in your life and heart and that it attracts the love you deserve.
"Love is the Answer" is the first of the series and depicts the love of a couple as they affectionately lean towards echother.They are formed simply by the archway the defines day from night. A golden film that seperates the dark from the light. Their love is universal and exists in the complexity that is the world around us. Each thermal whisp in the space time of the scene is executed to visulaize the wondrous complexity of even the most simple landscape. Know that the same complex fluidity flows within and throughout the space between your molecules, with each complex pocket formed dby the movement of temperature and corpuscular movement. The world around us is a wondrous place, but just behind the verneer of our senses, lies a world beyond the dreams of most.
Love is the Answer Oil on Canvas 12"x9" Louis Markoya - 2020
Love is the Answer is based on the tiny painting to the left, which has been brought to visualization utilizing the very latest in Neural software and deep dreams.
That painting which I did long ago was based on a combination of two Dali works shown below, Couple with Heads full of Clouds and Architectural Reminiscence of Millets Angelus.
THe Alchemy of Love Oil on Canvas, 32"x24" 3/2021
Lenticular Technology, How it Works and Care
Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses (a technology that is also used for 3D displays) are used to produce printed images with an illusion of depth, or the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles.
Examples of lenticular printing include prizes given in some snack boxes that showed flip and animation effects such as winking eyes, and modern advertising graphics that change their message depending on the viewing angle. This technology was created in the 1940s but has evolved in recent years to show more motion and increased depth.
The lenticular effect used in Louis Markoya limited editions is stereoscopic or 3D Lenticular. The method to produce these works starts with an original oil painting by Louis Markoya. This is photographed in very high resolution and the file is carefully examined by the artist to ensure no defects and color consistency, etc. All dust marks, scratches, and brush hairs that appear in the original are removed and the file set aside. A new copy of the perfected digital file is made and in this file Louis must designate where in depth (or the “Z” plane) each element of the picture will fall within the process. This file is used to generate a depth file utilizing very specialized software. The software sets left/right eye separations for the stereoscopic view. A second program converts the left right eye perspective views into strips which will fall below the curved lenses of the lenticular sheet. The diagram below explains how the curved lens separates the left/right views and allows the viewer to see a 3D image on a relatively flat surface. Once the image is printed the lensed sheet must be carefully aligned to the printed strips and cold laminated.
The example shows only 2 (left and right eye perspective) strips under each lens, but in reality, your Louis Markoya 3D Lenticular print utilizes the latest lenticular technology which utilizes up to 15 left-right eye pairs under each vertical lenticular lens. All the lenticulars on this site made by Louis Markoya are offered in limited editions.
Care and Cleaning
Your limited edition print has been printed with the very latest in archival inks. Do not hang the print in direct sunlight. It is advisable not to touch the lens surface, but you may occasionally need to clean it. Many common household cleaners may be harmful to the materials used in the lenticular lens. The best safe cleaner for this material is to use grain alcohol or good quality vodka. Lightly moisten a soft lint-free cloth with vodka(or grain alcohol) and wipe the surface gently in the direction of the lens (up and down).
