This one didn’t arise organically. It was suggested to me and I’m appreciative I accepted the prompt. We struggled for a good while pretty much. He did not conceive of giving in and just emerging off of the page. What was that about artists and the luxury to set forth problems for consideration only to subsequently find the solution in creation? Tall-fucking-order! Well…this Lunaticus is framed by “are those mushrooms?” aka floating ghost lights aka orbs. Yes, he occasionally consumes mushrooms and berries. I guess that’s where the antiquated lunatic part might show its gold-wrapped horns. He loves wandering in the forests, grunting and listening to The Body.
*size 600 x 780 mm/ 23.6 x 30.7 inches
*mixed media on 300gsm paper
*year 2022
*Sonic paper - Silvana Dragan