Why do they look so bright and cheery when the subject matter is not?
style of my paintings comes from my life long experimentation with making art. I guess I would paint in this way no matter what the content happened to be, but to me the bright colors add an aesthetic pop art quality to the canvases that helps to balance out the grisly subject matter and make it more approachable. This is the art part of my “Artistic History”. 2) Why so many burning flags? Answer: Flags can unite people to do great things, but they can just as easily divide people and give reason for hatred, genocide and murder. The burning flags in my paintings can mean many things. Some represent a peoples’ anger towards a country’s misdoings, others show the loss of the ideals a country once stood for, but the fire and smoke are always the symbols of deep human emotion. 3) Do you really believe what you paint? Answer: History can be a tricky thing. Even well documented events can be greatly misunderstood. When I create my art, I spend a lot of time researching these events and all t
