This month Dutch technologist and artist Maria Vera launches a new typology of artworks called Light Fields. Over the past years, she developed a unique way to create luminous wall pieces showing compositions of colour and light that sensually flow when moving by.

After leaving the world renowned art studio DRIFT, where she was head of Research & Development for nearly four years, Maria moved to London and developed a layering technique to make colours dance on a light emitting canvas; The analog principle behind Light Fields is inspired by the optical illusion called the moire-effect; usually known for causing unwanted distortions in film or photography. The artist found a way to control and manipulate the deformations to the tiniest detail by sandwiching multiple layers of glass, translucent line patterns and high resolution colour prints. The abstract compositions are composed in fivefold and tediously refined until a sublime balance emerges.

Maria: “Creating art with this highly technical medium feels like a paradoxical marriage between constant very precise and controlled system thinking, and wandering around in a fantastical world of perception and beauty.”

Coming from a background in architecture, Maria thinks in terms of spatial compositions and atmospheres. Her artwork seems to fuse with the environment when its colours and light reflect into a space. She believes light brings soul to a space and explores the impact that colour and light can have on how public, sacred- or intimate spaces are experienced by us.

Maria: “Ultimately, I want to create Light Fields in various scales and contexts; to pay a tribute to the sensational mystery of this ever-changing extremely colourful life.”

Each Light Field is entirely handcrafted down to the smallest details of the wooden frame and can be ordered as single pieces or as constellations of multiple pieces that uniquely suit wide, tall or large spaces. The artist is also offering to custom design artwork to resonate with a particular space. Dreams of Fire, the first limited edition of Light Fields is now available through her website.

Please refer to moving imagery of the artwork by including: https://lightfields.art/
Or embed a movie with moving image showing the dynamic effect of Light Fields: https://vimeo.com/563444658