Mortimer Dempsey

Everett, WA, United States

About Mortimer Dempsey

Born Scott Aaron Stine, I employ the pseudonym of "Mortimer Dempsey" as I prefer to keep my various, cross-media endeavors as separate entities. I have worked as a professional freelancer during the last twenty-six years, and am currently soliciting for work, primarily book or CD covers. Born in 1968, I am a native inhabitant of the Pacific Northwest who currently resides in Everett, Washington. My primary influence is traditional surrealism. (I am often influence or influenced by the output of such artists as Francis Bacon, Georges Bataille, Hans Bellmer, Max Ernst, and the like.) I am also a liberal Satanist, with current ties to Steven Johnson Leyba's Coyotel movement. Most of my work attempts to bridge the gap between the poetic and the disturbing, although I also occasionally take a stab at more politically inspired issues. For me, art has always been the ultimate catharsis, as well as an attempt to deal with a lifelong struggle with mental illness whilst embracing the rationality that seems to escape the general public...

Education:

Certificate in Graphic Design [EvCC]