leviathan/liwiathan 2025 // for “king and i,” a song by the same artist and a very similar concept by both Jesus Christ and a broadway play.
acrylic paint on 37x19in recycled gift wrapping paper packaging.
this reflects the way the United States government has done business with its citizens in recent decades in the rise of audio-visual technology and access to media services in order to ensure conformity with the global financial system and the historic pursuits granted as right to USA citizens.
These stories stem from the parable of the ruler throwing a feast, my experiences trying to sell art on the organic somethings TikTok shop, and chapter 41 of the book of Iyob/JOB, channeling the given attributes that YAH reveals to Iyob, as defending his might in superiority to the supernatural being described as liwiathan/leviathan.
In this latest work, liquid water has reached its triple point, forming 3states of solid, liquid, and gas at the same time in the belly of the beast. once witnesses confirmed smoke appearing from the crocodile-mantis-like being’s nostrils, and light like a flame from its mouth, the small, but ambitious municipality has been scandalous in response to perceived threat, and enterprise of the elusive creature.
Ie; making a treasure out of a monster; trying to sell its scales, trading its tongue parts for luck, and calling to it in the middle of the night when erectile dysfunction strikes!
(As slowly recovering as possible from a long and painful livestream attempt on TikTok with no phone charged, making fun content out of contemporary myths based on the book of Iyob/JOB from the Hebrew/aramaic literature of the scriptures most often referred to as sacred writings or the Protestant, holy canon, of the bible. )
Mothered in the line from left to right, then down are
Each produced in the last week as part of a monarchy under the influence of a king fighting to live his life as near to the female throne as possible in order to keep his own life as a king who secretly worships another ruler, endeavoring to find favor by possessing the two kingdoms who may be in power in the same way that he is.
Last round of voting for me was depicting faces in colors I don’t think offend anyone at the moment but also evade being portrayed as distinct despite being heavily influenced by generations of mixed family and my own focus of mixing colors that resemble flesh.
This series takes a refreshingly whimsical look as depicting proportions that cannot exist at angles that stretch reality. Like being in 3/4 as in “king, ready to dine” shows both the left and right ear while in semi-profile, or in the seated legs of both figures in “seller, selling” floating with no furniture or clear indication to set a ground horizon line.
point is that I am not a big believer in the concept of the imaginary world being a place where we can live without consequences. I’m tailoring, or have been taught to tailor, art to a relatively spiritually muted audience who rejects formal religion but possess great interest in the fictional world presented in mainstream design and art as entertainment, as suggested by what sells magazine publication and other forms of media via subscription services such as Netflix, Amazon and YouTube.
snowghoul
yousharknotpass
germansingergirl
dededos
janainaart
titsay
vaporwave
jacobvanloon
theartofmadeline
