Fascinating work!

In many ways, your style reminds me of Alfred Kubin's. Was he by any chance an influence?



Mark

Oh, thanks! --yes, indirect I guess, I admire much the symbolists, my favor epoque is 1880-WW I in art.

>>my favor epoque is 1880-WW I in art.

Yes, I can tell: it's also my favourite. :)

Your style also reminds me of artists who worked long after the symbolist movement ended, but who showed its influence: artists like Fuchs and Giger. It might be the all-pervasive darkness; the howling, bestial forms, the teeth... but your drawings bring to mind their energetic early work, while remaining yours alone.

Disturbing imagery... but very interesting. :)




Mark

Thanks again. Productive comment! --Yes, there is also a lad called Dado, (you will know), that I admire, and Poumeyrol. It seems to me that the flashy appearance of much new art (like you find in "spectrum" and so on) often distract some---hmmm, dream-like depth (without sounding arrogant, please, not! - just my opinion).
Admittedly, I try to make characters that look basically affectionate, or naturally hedonistic without (human) wickedness, so to say, besides all their obvious savagery: do you think I could succeed in that?

Yes, I can definitely see a touch of Poumeyrol in the dim light of your pictures, in the darkly phosphorescent quality of your monsters: very dreamlike and visceral.

>>It seems to me that the flashy appearance of much new art (like you find in "spectrum" and so on) often distract some---hmmm, dream-like depth

I agree! To much neon, too little darkness. ;)

>>Admittedly, I try to make characters that look basically affectionate, or naturally hedonistic without (human) wickedness, so to say, besides all their obvious savagery: do you think I could succeed in that?

From my limited perspective, and in the very short time that I've looked at your pictures, I feel an alien quality, a sense that these beings, like the beings of Fuchs and Kubin and Giger, are completely at home in their own strange world, where human concerns hardly matter. It's a disturbing mood, but too vividly drawn, too compelling, to dismiss or ignore.

In other words, I'm not sure that I understand your pictures, but I'm glad to see them.




Mark

Maybe there is not so much to understand (with logics): If I can transmit a feeling or mood to you, or just an athmosphere, I am glad. That is what I want to achieve: that you can mentally "slip" into the scene, to a little degree at least.