ice cream cone one 9x11" |
train 2 9x11" |
train 3 14x20" |
frog-and-bug-2 " |
train |
light-house-2 |
treehouse 20 " |
treehouse 19 |
treehouse 18 |
treehouse 17 " |
treehouse 16 |
treehouse 15 |
treehouse 14 " |
treehouse 13 |
treehouse 12 |
treehouse 5 24x30" |
treehouse 6 11x14 |
treehouse 7 11x14 |
flying hart 11x14" |
treehouse 8 11x14 |
treehouse 9 11x14 |
treehouse 10 11x14 |
treehouse 11 11x14 |
loan tree 11x14 |
harvesting harts 20x24" |
treehouse3 11x14 |
treehouse4 11x14 |
strange encounter 11x14" |
lighthouse sold |
horse & frog 11x14 |
living tree house2 11x14" |
living tree house 24x30 |
house on rocks |
flying harts 46x30 |
tree house 2 24x30 |
magic flower at gallery |
love of a different kind 46x30" |
forest of a different sort 24x30 |
love at first sight 24x20 |
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It appears to me that adult art is mostly about shock value to create something different ever since the modern art movement created some very rich and influential artists. Art schools even teach the concept that illustration is not art.
Living in a small town I discovered that trying to sell lowbrow art is impossible. Perhaps if I lived in the city of the lost angels in California and played the self promotion game
Some one told me that they didnt like the Chronicles of Narnia movie because the whole concept wasnt believable even with the new photo realistic CGI, well us children dont have any problems with unrealistic adventure fantasy unless the anxiety level is too high or its just too moralistic, as childrens stories used to be. Most adults loose their ability to believe in magic even when their religion is a world of magic, unless its a matter of jinx curses. It must be easier to believe in fear.
As I studied other peoples art I fell in love with the adorable dynamics of pictures made for children. I was repelled by the excessive sweetness at first, but the more I saw the better I felt.
I spend a lot of time in Gestalt contemplation and become so empathic that the only way to keep myself reasonably sane is to marshal my demons that constantly try to destroy my ego (Zen).
Essentially my maniacally happy pictures are an attempt to deal with my existential depression.
Drawing a picture can take a week or longer. It takes a lot of subconscious work and cant be done swiftly like non-figurative abstractive painting.
My fist clown picture is frightening to most people and should be displayed behind a curtain. But to me it is not horrifying at all, I think it is one of my best and I should go back to making mysterious psychosomatic pictures before I am enslaved by the art market, apparently the only way to be successful at selling art is to paint the same thing over an over, to create a recognizable product.
ART OF THE IMAGINATION. There is an art movement some of which has been called pop surrealism, but has evolved into magical Realism or imaginary realism, no longer surreal but fantasy of a magical sort. The hallucinogenic surreal symbolism of Doron Moruradian, Michel Parks, Daniel Meriam, James Cristenson and even the lowbrow pictures of Mark Ryden, are more entertaining than the modern art movement ever was. No longer are artists enslaved by abstractive/ nonfigurative art designed to create indifference.