Asha Castilho

Lives and works in New Haven, CT

Artist statement

Artist Statement By Asha Castilho, PhD I am a trained scientist and medical writer by profession. One of my side projects is jewelry making. I own DangleAscence - a fashion jewelry store. In addition, I pursue my interest in acrylic painting and experimenting with different art formats. Hence, I am an emerging artist who took to working with digital collage and pen drawing. In the digital collage I explored the modes by which light and shadow can be used to create an effect to tell the story of the images used. In the digital collage artworks submitted, I show the effect of transparencies and recreated version of the original image in defining the portrayed scenery evoking a sense of tranquility and vivid colors. Artist renditions of each image used in the collage produced the final image showing the concept I had in mind. The addition of shadows and blurred images are useful to create a paintbrush-like effect. Each digital collage tells a story about the main theme and also evokes interpretation. In my original acrylic painting I show a landscape bathed in the subtle glow of moonlight transforming the natural colors. On thinking more about images or photos of moonlit nights, I decided to use acrylic to create a vision of moon light pervading an unnatural landscape. The addition of trees in the winter without their usual foliage amidst a grassy meadow creates a view highlighting the glow of the yellowish moon light. Unlike a natural landscape this is my rendition showing a...

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