In this world it is very easy to feel alone in the way you experience day to day tragedies and successes, as well as the thoughts and emotions that lie inside you when you are dealing with them in solitude. Through my work I try to break down this isolation through a combination of surreal and abstract form often accompanied by short poems. Through observation of my own life as well as the therapeutic conversations I’ve had with friends and peers searching for comfort, I have found that there is striking universal similarities in how we feel and even how we often react. With abstract colors and shapes I portray emotion; through design elements I move the eye across the page to connect the subjects of my art pieces to each other. I often work in humanoid forms that convey emotion but usually have no alienating features. Instead of feeling like you are looking at the story of a person, you should feel like you are looking at the emotion of a soul; emotions that you can sympathize with and connect with at a very basic level. Many of the main troubles that we all experience are universal: death, rejection, insecurity, love, and elation. The goal of my work is to see past the illusion of individual experience and feel a sense of joined community and fellowship between all people.

Ibiza, Spain

Venice, Italy

Sao Paulo,  Brazil

Montreal, Canada

Dresden, Germany

Eric Fortune

James Jean

Jeff Soto
Jeremy Fish

Xia Xiaowan

1. Tape paper to wall.

2. Line up and arrange all art supplies and paints.

3. Put on good music to zone out to.

4. Drink a beer.

5. Start throwing paint on the wall.

6. Smear around with brushes, sponges, rags, and hands.

7. Step back and admire.

8. Make something interesting out of nothing.

9. Cover up, reconstruct.

10. Repeat numbers 8 and 9 until satisfied.

11. Fine line work and detailed paint.

12. Smile and put it away for some other day.

1. Mark Ryden

2. James Jean

3. Jeff Soto

4. Eric Fortune

5. Kathie Olivas

1. The Fifty Year Sword by Mark Z. Danielewski

2. The Familiar by Mark Z. Danielewski

3. Mirrormask by Neil Gaiman

4. The Republic by Plato

5. For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway