I caught a vision of PAPER MESSENGER AT DAYBREAK early one morning as I was coming around a hairpin turn, and heading down into the Atascadero valley. The scene was magical, majestic, heroic, and theatrical. I think it's in the nature of my work to play The edge between theater, and realism. All painting is theater. Sometimes little more than a form of fantastic escapism. Sometimes all the special effects are trying to act as a reduction of a truth that is otherwise too general and mundane to appreciate. This fellow didn't live on my wall very long, he was snapped up and now lives with someone else. #oilpainting #painting #environmentalart #livewithearth #anthropocene #figurativepainting #surrealistart #postcontemporaryart #magicrealism #visionaryart #expressiveart #humanfigure #figurativeart #humanbody #artistmodel #artisticnude #divinemessenger #mystic #mysticism https://www.instagram.com/p/CeRSySuFJev/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
