boyce cummings

ring of stars, 2008, mixed media on found wood, 60x60, red star smash, 2006, mixed media on canvas, 90x72, mice, 2001, acrylic and graphite on canvas, 36x36, propped birds, 2006, mixed media on canvas, 24x15, crow, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 57x48, house with pink sky, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 24x24, house with orange x, 2009, acrylic on canvas, forest fire, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 57x57, hung bird, 2006, mixed media on canvas, 24x36, bridge, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 57x57

Man vs. animal, Machine vs. nature, realism vs. abstraction, old vs. new, finished vs. unfinished, high art vs. low art and losing vs. winning. I use a combination of abstraction, traditional representational painting combined with graffiti and cartoon elements, all pushed through a somewhat surrealist filter. In many cases I feel that this perception that certain things are at odds, can in some ways be the very glue that connects them. I feel that this apparent confusion is what makes the world interesting.

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