GALLERY

Please do not touch the exhibits while you are here.

All statements taken from multiple interview sources

with works from STraingr no. 2

Index

THE KINGS

WHITE COLUMNS WITH A BLUE ACCENT ON THE SIDES. WHITE SNOWFLAKES LOOK LIFE HANDS REACHING OUT. TENDRILS OF TWIGS REACH OUT.

A RED BAT LIKE CREATURE REACHING OUT IN THE NIGHT. DENSE GREEN BACKGROUNDS BEHIND THE CREATURE.

THE KING OF SEA

I see a building. Some psycho took a paint roller and went around splashing blue on everything. He had a point, sure. but i don’t really get the hand snowflakes or the twisting tendrils. But i do get it. I am the man with the paint roller. - Straingr No.2

THE KING OF THE FOREST

MAny times i have looked to nature for inspiration. Twigs really do create shapes out of nothing. It’s really just plants growing, but i get more out of it. I paint the wood red and turn them to each other. -StrainGR No.2

Nature in Bloom

ABSTRACTION OF THE SEA. SMALL POCKETS OF FISH WITH FLOWERING SEA PLANTS ON EITHER SIDE. BUBBLING WAVES AT THE TOP OF THE FRAME.

WIERD FISHES

IT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST USING a splattering technique. I was really proud with the white foam on top and the blues slowly darkening. I feel like the radiohead refrence is most obvious with this one. I was listening to them right before I made it. My King series came from a similar moment, just less obvious.- Straingr NO. 2

BLEEDING OUT

MOST OF MY ARTISTIC PROCESS IS INCiDENTAL, at least I think it is. This started because i had some decent photos of trees in my phone. I had actually used the side trees for an earlier piece, “THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS.” The fact that the red backdrop layered onto the white tree bleeds onto it was accidental, and i love it. - Straingr No. 2

A PIT OF FIRE RISING OUT FROM THE GROUND. THE WORLD IS COATED IN A DARK ASH.

WORLD ON FIRE

Many times when i have opened my art program, i have tried to make the kid a album cover. it was only after i learned how it was produced did i realize i was far from being albe to make it. i am no stanley donwood. However, when i finished this, what i see is the behind the scenes of that album. like what lies just beyond the pale blue and ashen gray skies? this, this is what i imagine the world looks at that point.- STraingr No.2

SPACE

A STAR EXPLODING IN THE SKY. NEW BEINGS ARE FORMED AS THE STARDUST CLOUDS AROUND.

FROM ON THE MOON. A TEAR IN THE GALAXY RESTS ACROSS FROM EARTH.

EVERYTHING

I was really obsessed with the concept of space at the time, in both senses of the word. I really liked playing around with the stars and heavens sure, but also the idea of a space. A physical environment which we add context to by existing. Sometimes i think we get so caught up in the endlessness of space along with it’s size we forget that space, all of it, it’s all real and if you had the necessary materials, you could step on and discover all of it. but thats nothing more than speculation on my part.-Straingr No. 2

GALAXY TORN

MOST OF MY first draft ideas have been space. Its definetly because i keep using black as a background color, and if it’s not that then it’s something in the ocean. I picked out gray and felt that a piece reflecting someone’s view on the moon while the comsos are active was somewhat compelling. I’ll definetly come back to this idea and certainly refine it.- STraingr No.2

+WHITE+RED

ONE OF MY more sporatic series. No DESCRIPTIONS or titles PISS OFF.-STraingr no. 2

AN ABSTRACTION IN THE NIGHT RISES FROM THE WHITE POOL. TREES SURROUND THE VISAGE AND BLOOD SPLATTERS THE AREA.

MUSIC BLASTING OUT FROM A SPEAKER. TWO EYES PEER OUT FROM THE WHITE AND RED SPIKES.

DRIPPING REDS ACROSS A BLACK AND GREY SKY.

ABSTRACT WHITE TREES WITH EYES COME OUT OF THE GROUND. LIGHTNING AND BLOOD COAT THE SKY.

THE MAW OF A MONSTER OPENS UP. TWO PLEADING EYES PEER OUT FROM THE MOUTH.

AN OPENING OF A CAVE. BLOOD AND ASH COAT THE INSIDE.

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SELF POTRAIT OF STRAINGR NO. 2. RED AND PURPLE DOTS ACROSS HIS BODY.

SELF PORTRAIT

I’ve made many attempts at a self-portait and many times have i hated it. the proportions weren’t right or the general vibe was just off. This time i feel like it captures more than the previous. It was really only after that i realized it looks like a poor imitation of the bends album cover. You could say that the radiohead refrences are one too many, but i feel that it honestly reflects me. -STraingr No.2