Art Review: Diana Saintlime by Arizabeth Baez

    The artist who created this artwork is Diana Saintlime. Out of both pieces she created, I will be focusing on the "night" one. This digital piece is called "City Day & Night". Made this summer in August. This drawing was completed in Adobe Illustrator. Their dimensions are about 11x17 inches if printed. Specifically, it is a two-panel display. Some peculiarities that they both have are that they have straight and crisp lines. Some buildings even have symmetry to them. 

When looking at both panels, there are different moods for each. Once you see the "Night" one, there is a sense of calmness for the color purple. The background changes along with colors. But there are other details that got added, such as the stars. They differ from the "windows" that are lit up during the night. It really shows how identical it is to real-life buildings when seeing them in person. In "Night," the background with the stars almost gives a sense of mystery and peace. This two-panel artwork can mean many things. Such as having the public take a moment to realize how different the same place can seem at different times of the day. 

I take this artwork as a way to stop near these buildings, and take in the sounds surrounding it, along with the variety of lights and different windows being active. Between a city during the day and night, moods can change drastically. During the day, we never have time to just be calm and look at our surroundings. Going back to color, there might be a reason why Diana chose the color purple. At one point, I wanted to know the reason why she made this piece. She stated that she got inspired. There was a day when she was in the car with her cousin and was looking out the window, and saw the skyline. The skyline had lots of lights, and I really wanted to recreate it. But, instead of doing one or the other, she did both. 

 Also, this reminded me of the famous phrase "the city that never sleeps". It can also be seen as "the visible and the hidden". In general, both pieces have a duality on urban life, and it was displayed successfully. At night, it displays the "nighty routines" and lives of people inside the buildings. One always wonders what is happening inside them. During the day, we don't even care about them and don't acknowledge them. But in the night, it's all we see right in our faces. It is clean and minimal, and sophisticated.