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DEMA 2008: A Carlos Hiller Original

By Jason Heller, October 29, 2008 @ 03:00 AM (EST)

Ocean lovers, scuba divers, and marine art enthusists are beginning to recognize the work of Carlos Hiller, an uber-talented marine artist from Costa Rica. I am always humbled by Carlos' talent, and specifically his ability to turn a blank canvas into surreal scenes that almost look as if they emerge from behind a dome port. Any underwater photographer can recognize this unique style instantly.

Carlos sports his new DivePhotoGuide t-shirt - er...um...not so new anymore

Wendy and I have become friends with Carlos and his wife Sabina, and we were honored when Carlos emailed us a few weeks prior to DEMA to let us know of his intentions to create a special painting of a turtle decending from the surface under the moonlight just for us. He's taking the canvas back to his studio in Costa Rica to finish the piece, which will ultimately end up on our living room wall. We wanted to document the making of our masterpiece, and the images below act as a time lapse of about an hour's worth of painiting. It's truly impressive to watch.

We're looking forward to the finished version, which will be framed as the centerpiece of our living room! Thanks again Carlos!

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Comments

Oct 30, 2008 12:22 AM

Matt J. Weiss wrote:

Wow, this is very, very cool! As I was running around the show all day, I kept noticing its progression and was more than impressed each time. I can imagine it on your wall now, its gonna look great.

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Jason Heller wrote:

Yeah we're really looking forward to it. Carlos paints from what I call a "dome port point of view". It's very surreal

Jan 16, 2009 12:01 PM

Martin van Gestel wrote:

Carlos is a real artist. I have some of his work in my shop and he painted the outside wall of Rich Coast Diving. The theme here is "Stop Shark Finning". LetA?a��a�?s hope it works. Visit my blog to see the wall. http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/2725173.html?popped=1

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