"Beebs Melted Veronica" Painting

Emil Gatone also known as Magoo.We have been producing my art sence i was a teenager with a recgonizable difference in styly between the two. Signing my art work as Emil or Magoo I became aware of my obsession with painting in my early twenties and the dream like state it leaves me in . Prompting me to work almost exclusively in oils and pen and ink for twenty some years now, expressing myself and living as true to ones own self being as possible. Developing a style unique to me inspired by surrealism, pop and abstract art with a great aprecciation for street art. Inspired by a single muse my wife, lover, best friend, and companion on this planet for twenty some years now. The two of us chris-crossing the United States in a way as if we were on a expedition of this great country and its melting pot of culture, as well as the pokets of subcultures along the way. Exploing them our selves and our minds. Almost to over indulgense pressing the envelope along a very thin line the whole time. Living in a almost self imposed surreal state of being. Constantly in a state of lucid dream, through meditation. Living my life to almost complete content keeping in mind that life is as surreal as you let it be. I have resided in the Philadelphia area for most of my life now. With extended stays in Phoenix Arizona and in the southern regions of Utah and southern California leaving me with a great passion for the west coast and the deserts of Sedona Arizona and the south west. Which can be seen influencing and inspiring me as an artist. Finding inspiration as well, travelling back and forth on the highways between Philadelphia and Florida. visiting the happiest place on earth with my family, again on a journey to explore pockets of culture as well as exploring most of the major cities in the United States. Showing my work throughout on my journeys to interested people as well as interesting people. It was on one of these crossing of the United States. that I started to refer to my studio and gallery, at the time Magoo's Monkey Zoo, as NationMagoo. Feeling it only fitting to my work, as it is a product of the true sense of freedom that the United States has to offer the individual. Copyright © Emil Gatone / ©NationMagoo