The complexity of the human eye

The complexity of the human eye

The complexity of the human eye is also an inspiration for Cuban artist DARIAN MEDEROS, who finds in drawing eyes the perfect challenge to his passion for details. His hyper-realistic style demonstrates a relentless pursuit of perfection though he knows perfection is an impossibility. One of his favourite quotes is from Leonardo Da Vinci: "Art is never finished, only abandoned." MEDEROS portraits look so natural and lifelike, it is almost impossible to discern them from an actual photograph of the individual. They say you know what you are doing if you can create or learn something and then deconstruct it. Some of MEDEROS’ work does precisely that. The closer you get, the clarity of a portrait becomes the antithesis of the initial intent. As he once said “What I’m trying to do is to preserve the image, but I have a technique that uses a series of layers to change the process. When you get closer, it turns into abstraction. It is a lot of fun to take a few steps forward and a few steps back. Whatever mood you are in you will enjoy it.”