I paint the city, its urban life, streets, and buildings. I am an artist and urban transport planner. I am passionate about building a livable city, built at a human scale and accessible to all. Humans build cities. The cities we build transform us.
My artwork is strongly influenced by the photography I have done most of my life. It is also influenced by Edward Hopper’s painting of urban landscapes, Van Gogh’s color and texture, and Georgia O’Keefe’s integration of nature and urban landscapes.
My paintings combine contemporary real views of Los Angeles with color renderings and representations that I call “magical realism.” I am inspired by writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez whose writings depict reality in a very magical impressionist discourse.
Diego Cardoso