Fusionist painting from a steroview photo coutesy of NASA/JPL Cornell University
now showing April 2007. Long Branch library, 3500 Lake Shore, Toronto.
Movies showing it being painted. 1, 2,
3,
4, 5,
6, 7,
8, 9
When
his friend Ed Ackerman at the NFB
was told about amazement of the landing
on Mars of Spirit he responds "Don't
Snicker".
"I found life in MarsArt" says Kupka, "The
Opportunity and Spirit of the adventure is very much like that of
the "Space Shuffle on 3D TV" days.
He first painted Mars just before starting
painting his trademark Stereoils in 1973. His painting of Mars at
the time was from photos in Scientific American, emulating the efforts
of his master influence Dali. The painting was "Gold Dust Storms
on Mars".
See the Stereoil images
with and without "life".
Commissions Available
Now, as a re-emerging painter after studying computer
graphics, he returns to Mars, the red planet, to find life.
"I was most facinated by the use
of stereo cameras. Not only do the pictures keep alive the importance
of stereo 3D images that I have been using for over 30 years but
they have legitimized the geeky look of wearing anaglyphic glasses.
It's been a long wait to become mainstream.
It's tremendous if people can understand how NASA is using
the mathematics of triangulation to measure. They are not just making
funny pictures.
It has been educational for myself to understand how
they are also using each side of the pair of cameras with different
filters. They are packing a lot into that little bundle with tremendous
results. I hope everyone takes the opportunity to study what JPL
is doing. Please visit Mars
Rovers site"
