denny Architectural Art & Design

Training from my university art degree and having owned my own architectural illustration business for years before becoming a full-time oil painter helped my understanding of perspective. Some artists with similar background struggle with soft edges. The most important qualities when painting architecture are proportion, value and edges. Hope you enjoy this retrospective of my oil paintings. Music: Summer by George Winston.

High speed view of a reconstruction of Oasis No.7 originally made by the Austrian architectural group, Haus-Rucker-Co, for the Documenta art fair in 1972. Oasis represented an escape from the everyday and a perception altering view of the surrounding world. The giant plastic sphere is accessed through an 'airlock' and furnished with palm trees and a hammock.

Kochuu: Japanese Architecture / Influence & Origin A film by Jesper Wachtmeister KOCHUU is a visually stunning film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition, and its impact on the Nordic building tradition. Winding its way through visions of the future and traditional concepts, nature and concrete, gardens and high-tech spaces, the film explains how contemporary Japanese architects strive to unite the ways of modern man with the old philosophies in astounding constructions. KOCHUU, which translates as "in the jar," refers to the Japanese tradition of constructing small, enclosed physical spaces, which create the impression of a separate universe. The film illustrates key components of traditional Japanese architecture, such as reducing the distinction between outdoors and indoors, disrupting the symmetrical, building with wooden posts and beams rather than with walls, modular construction techniques, and its symbiotic relationship with water, light and nature. The film illustrates these concepts through remarkable views of the Imperial Katsura Palace, the Todai-Ji Temple, the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, the Sony Tower, numerous teahouses and gardens, as well as examples of the cross-fertilization evidenced in buildings throughout Scandinavia, and shows how 'invisible' Japanese traditions are evident even in modern, high-tech buildings. KOCHUU also features interviews with some of Japan's leading architects as well as Scandinavian ...