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Birches and Butterflies (In Spanish)
Oil and sand on canvas, 60x60", ©2002
Froggystyle
Oil on canvas, 36x34", ©2003
The backgrounds of my paintings display various images from the natural world. These are rendered as a blurred scene or as abstract, simplified shapes, tones, and patterns, the way one might view them through perceptions shaped and altered by our fast-paced, technological society in which nature has become virtually obsolete. These abstracted, altered visions of our world are how I imagine humans in our society acknowledge, or fail to acknowledge, the natural world. We see only a version of what exists, a landscape glanced at through a car window while speeding past, or surveyed through weary, indifferent eyes.
The animals that exist within these scenes are spotlighted, brought forth from their natural environments as if viewed through a magnifying glass and revealed in excruciating detail with a pixel-like digital quality. This creates an aesthetic visual contrast, invoking a curiosity and inviting the viewer into the painting. Brought forth with such clarity and vibrancy, the creatures are now impossible to overlook.
I hope to bring to light the ever-increasing disparities between the limitedness of what we allow ourselves to see around us and the enormity and timelessness of the world that goes unnoticed. My paintings serve as a reminder of human indifference and neglect, an invitation to look deeper, and a challenge to question and examine your own perceptions.
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