When we look at the world, we see a color-positive image. When captured on film, that image becomes a negative: light where the original is dark, dark where it is light, conjuring a mysterious inverse world. Both images contain the same visual information, yet each offers a radically different way of seeing.

Haag paints familiar subjects—desert landscapes, cityscapes, and figures—in both positive and negative color. Placing these opposing images side by side creates a visual dialogue between the familiar and the unfamiliar, inviting curiosity and a sense of mystery.

He chooses watercolor for its transparency and elusive qualities, and oil for its opacity and textural possibilities. Through the interplay of positive and negative, transparency and opacity, Haag transforms familiar subjects into something unexpected, revealing new ways of seeing the world.