DRAWN OUT
I begin by seeking answers to theological questions—placing images from different constructs and confining them into that vast empty yet desperate hope called Limbo Land or Liminal Space. By morphing figures and abstract space, I hope to capture a visualization of the chaos after death. The ink is scribbled; the paint is thrown, almost hurled, with desperation and angst, reflecting pathos and the current state of the human condition in my mind. A juxtaposition of supernatural and natural images and spaces combine with almost exhaustively-expressive movement. Questions about the possibility of re-incarnation and its effects serve as thought provoking vehicles for an unknown struggle. I seek to question Dogma, yet my very interest in Limbo denotes a faint flicker of hope that there might still be an aspiring dream after death than an eternal Hell.
Artistic influences continue to be Egon Schiele, for his uncanny ability to stop working on a painting while it is still mysterious, Pablo Picasso, for his imaginary way of painting, Philip Guston, for his visceral paint strokes as well as contemporary artistic influences including Jerome Whitkin, John Cage, Joe Sorren, Raul Dorn, Punk Rock artist Pus-Head, Raymond Petibone and Gene Grief, and finally the expressive skin artwork of Tattoo artist, Sky Winchester and Sunny Apodaca.
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