Just Going Through Life

little cenozoic guys

'yoga' for the new york times book review 5 x 5 in, oil on yupo, 2022

"I try to not have a message. Messages are for texting something (…) I don’t think any art is rightly done if it’s just delivering a message. That would mean the message is the real thing and the art is just sort of like cake decoration, fancy ornaments to make the message edible or pretty.

I think working on any practise of any art (…) you are opening yourself up to a mysterious force and to have a message in your mind all the time is going to block that force, and it cannot speak through you. And I think you have to trust it knows things much better than you do"

“It’s like those caravans, the wagon trains that crossed our country a hundred years ago in search of a new home. Or the ships that sailed across the Atlantic in search of a new world. Taking on these great challenges against great odds… that’s what makes us human.

“Remember, we chose to go to the Moon…”

more movie art posters i’ve done.

and again, as always, inspired by the great @shalidasillustrations. seriously, check out their stuff. it’s some of the coolest stuff i’ve ever seen