Most succesful paintings

  Today I'm posting four of my most highly reviewed paintings! They range from High School to College, Two of them are my recreations of famous paintings (A method which I feel greatly strengthens my style), and two of them are of my own creation. Enjoy!

  First off, as I prefer to paint surrealism This Is my favorite of my work. This painting was my first finished succesful attempt at nightmarish surrealism.

  This painting was done at a very difficult time in my life, after losing my oldest brother, and grandfather. I was in a deep depression and persistantly daydreaming about things falling apart. This painting greatly helped me get it off my chest, and out of my head. 

 

 Things Falling Apart, 2010. Oil on masonite, 3'x4.5'

  Next up, Carravaggio's Judith. I was assigned in college to do a remake of a famous painting from the renaissance era. This one stood alone to me as the perfect choice. Often times my paintings are dark and violent- So this lined up. The resolution and level of detail in Carravaggio's work is astounding and I took every consideration in accuratly depicting it.

 

Carravaggio's Judith Betrays Holofernes, 2011. Recreation - Oil on illustration board, 18"x22"

  Another recreation, originally by Norman Rockwell, was commissioned by a Teacher of mine while I was in High School. She approached me to donate a remake of this painting, in exchange for an automatic A in her class, and free range to work in the art room rather than sitting in her lecture.

  I spent 2 months painting the wall alone! My principal requested that I raise the graffiti on the wall so the racist "Nigger" would be less overpowering in the classroom. I agreed, but felt the text must at least partially stay, as the painting depicts the first Black student to go to a white school during the civil rights movement.

 

 Rockwell's The Problem We all Live With, 2007. Recreation - Acrylic on masonite. 4"x5"

 Lastly, my most recent work. I focused on broken homes for awhile, and this painting represents a family who has abandoned all interest in eachother. They are postcard modeling in front of Disney's castle. In the happiest place in the world they wear the most sullen disinterested faces they own. 

  The viewer can choose whether the photo was taken by an equally broken mother, a requested patron, or more likely, a Disney photographer who goes around taking pictures of happy families. 

  For this painting I used my friends as models, and told them to look at me like I was auditing them. (Easter egg bonus, The model who played the kid is also the citizen with his ribs exploding in The Downward Spiral.)

 The Most Interesting Place in the World, 2012. Oil on illustration board. 18"x22"

Hope you all enjoy them, Cheers!