The Singapore-based Artist keng lyand create animal-like sculptures that look real, paint, resin and a phenomenal sense of perspective. La Lye slowly fills bowls, buckets and boxes with alternating layers of acrylic paint and resin, and creates aquatic life that looks so real it could almost pass for a photograph. The artist uses a technique very similar to the Japanese painter Riusuke Fukahori which was featured on this blog just over a year ago, although Lye seems to take things a step further by doing your painting creations stick out from the surface, adding another level of dimension.
I started my first series in 2012, where all the illustrations were "flat" and the depth was created using the layers of resin and acrylic on the different parts of the illustration. The octopuses were merely an experiment, I just wanted to see if I could push this technique to a higher level. After applying the acrylic paint directly to the resin, I incorporated a 3D element in this case, it was a small stone for the octopus. For the tortoise, I used an eggshell and acrylic paint for the rest of the finishes. The idea here was to give the artwork an even more 3D effect therefore you can have a better view from any angle. I think there are still many other techniques to explore.
So to be clear, the elements that come out of the top of the resin are physical pieces that have been painted to match the acrylic and resin layers, here is a fantastic gallery with their works, impressive.
