ok, so I’m cruising darkworlds.com for some more xenomorph memorabilia that I can’t afford yet and I come across this interesting painting. I google the guy…and discover one of the most awesome artists that ever lived. His site is impressive as well.
Now, those of you that have seen my sketch books will see a strong resemblance to this guy’s drawings. I’m glad I found this guy, but it also makes me very very angry. I went to art school for almost five years, and was told many times (given names) to look up certain artists that “(you) might like.” Artists like Lucian Freud, Hopper, Shirin Neshat…. All well and good, except none of them resemble what I am/was trying to do that closely. This Beksinski guy is almost an exact match. This guy takes the best of Salvador Dali and Giger and blows them both away. There is no way in hell Cam De Leon and Gerald Scarf were not inspired by this man… as well as anyone else that has delved into the “dark art” genre post 1975. So anyway, yeah, five years and none of these art “professionals” could tell me about this guy….did I learn anything at all in college? Oh yeah, I got a business minor so I guess so. I would feel like I’m behind, but then I found a biography for Beksinski written in English and discovered that he didn’t start painting until he was about 35 years old…so I’m still ahead I guess. Maybe I’ll start painting again when I get out to The City.
