Reinventing the University Museum Experience with a Sustainable Lighting Approach
Whether observing African textiles and ceramics or contemporary paintings and sculptures, visitors linger for hours to savor the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s masterfully crafted galleries and exhibits. Sophisticated lighting is critical when enhancing artwork and the visitor experience—especially when more than 20,000 objects, from furniture to daguerreotypes to stained glass windows, call UMMA […]
The Healing Powers of Art, Color and Light
Artist and gallery owner Jalai Lama aims to inspire positive change with his work. Take one look at his art, and you will immediately recognize his penchant for vibrant color, natural elements and mesmerizing instances of light. His “Haleakala – (House of the Sun)”, for instance, reminds viewers of the inherent beauty—and power—of one of […]
Masters of Light: Photographer Ryan Hunter
Like an artist’s paintbrush, light adds depth to photographs while uncovering a subject’s most hidden qualities. When carefully and masterfully employed, light adds complexity and drama to a photograph, prompting viewers to see the unseen. Ryan Hunter works with light to capture his subjects as genuinely as possible. The Los Angeles-based photographer specializes in portraiture, […]
How Photographer Stephen Orlando Captures Color and Light in Motion
The wilderness is replete with objects moving at various speeds. Walk into a forest, and you might spot a snail inching slowly across a forest floor, or hummingbirds flapping their wings so rapidly you can barely see them. Perhaps you pause for a moment to skip stones across a still lake, or make a wish […]
5 Influential Light Artists and the Art Movements They Helped Define
Light plays a number of roles for artists and art alike. Take Baroque art, for example, where painters applied chiaroscuro—a painting style dramatizing contrasts between light and shadow—to create depth in their masterpieces. The Impressionism movement further expanded artists’ approaches to light as they played with sunlight, its color variations and ability to evoke an […]
Masters of Color: Leatrice Eiseman
Pianists of all levels of proficiency know of two methods of playing – playing technically by the notes on a page, or intuitively “by ear.” Both types of pianists are capable of producing colorful harmonies that impact human emotion. Few people, however, are able to master both. Compare, then, the world of music to the […]
Masters of Light: Artem Masorin
Are you a coffee drinker, or a wine connoisseur? Perhaps you fall into both categories. Russian lighting designer Artem Masorin often explains the difference between “good” and “bad” lighting to clients with a coffee and tea metaphor. Why? Several of his clients understand the nuances that make coffee and wine simply acceptable—or extraordinarily desirable. Comparing […]
Masters of Color: James Tan
Is a picture truly worth a mere thousand words? For master printmaker James Tan, an expertly crafted print signifies decades of learning, tireless ambition, and a solid understanding of color and light—notions words alone cannot convey. Renowned photographers, artists and galleries turn to James for one-of-a-kind, high-quality fine art prints. Along with his advanced color […]
Southern Lights Electric uses SORAA to Showcase Southern Hospitality
“Hospitality” takes on an entirely new meaning when Southern Lights Electric illuminates a hotel’s most precious spaces. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, the award-winning lighting design studio specializes in hospitality lighting solutions and custom fixture designs fit for the most dignified of hotels around the world. Whether illuminating The Beekman Hotel, Hotel Clermont, Hotel Noelle or […]
Janet Echelman’s ‘Dream Catcher’ Transforms the Sunset Strip with Color & Light
Billboards and concrete buildings have defined the Sunset Strip skyline in West Hollywood, California, for decades. Passerby may have noticed a colorful, whimsical addition to Sunset Strip’s vista thanks to Dream Catcher, a sculpture constructed of multicolored fibers hanging between two hotel towers, by renowned artist Janet Echelman. According to Echelman, Dream Catcher was inspired […]