Black Dog #2 Painting

In my most recent work, satirical portraits of animals are situated against backdrops that borrow liberally from a range of historical styles. The pathos and humor of these pictures suggests nostalgia for the pleasure inherent in anachronistic modes of painting, and for a fantasy of nature less colored by our consciousness of its global decline. These self-aware dolphins, deer and cats pose with an earnestness customarily reserved for human portraiture or social-media selfies. Underlying the seeming facetiousness of this work, I aim to complicate the understanding of my relationship to both nature, the art world and luxury consumption, expressing a longing for, and an alienation from, the disparate habitats of these paintings. My intention is to paint with both gravitas and tongue planted firmly in cheek, in works where staring into the eye of a squirrel is to confront the human condition at its most profound and ridiculous.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:18 W x 20 H x 1 D in

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