Painting Light and Form with Todd Casey

"Light reveals all the colors that we observe. Just as value and color are intertwined, so are light and color. The challenge you face when painting is to observe light’s interaction with a material and to recreate this same effect with paint on a canvas. Pigments are our way to symbolize and represent light and color. This turns out to be rather difficult to do—as you know if you’ve ever tried to paint a fleeting moment like a sunset.”

In this presentation Todd M. Casey will talk about his approach to painting that is centered around conceptualizing light and color to give the optical illusion of form. He will show how he creates a painting from start to finish and how light and color are the main factors for his decision making.

Todd M. Casey was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts. His artistic education includes a BFA in Communication Design from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, Massachusetts. When not painting, writing, or illustrating, Casey teaches classes for the Massachusetts College of Art, The Academy of Art University Online, The Art Students League of New York, and through private online classes and workshops.

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