"I sometimes paint/make art as if possessed by the mad spirit of Norman Rockwell-painting family portrait of something a little a skew from reality and delving into the absurd."-TolyAK
I am a classically trained artist wo has decided to paint in a cartoon genre specific comic book style of the 90s Dark Horse Comics but still lending toward original concepts of old 1950's B-Movies like "Der Blu Engel" (Sternberg) and "Faster Pussycat Kill-Kill" (Russ Meyer) In this melee of style I manage to mish mash some meaning from life having grown up in kitchens among gay men, ex convicts and men with toxic male syndrome and later being raised by Hippies in B.C. on set while working on big film shows.
I also analyze the basic intricate movements of paint, from portrait to landscape with a refined sense of humor akin to that of a wood pecker, some might say having had over 50 exhibits around the world, paying strict attention to now cliché art forms of classical Greek Art and bringing a modern sometimes extreme perspective.
perversion of power: https://youtu.be/RWnEuZaHFvU
dear tree: https://youtu.be/-jSIHtHkHZ4
power of a line: https://youtu.be/IKZVSP_UyqY
I have self distributed several books, most notable are the "'All Art Toly A.K". series( which is kind of like a catalogue of paintings), "All Purpose" ( which is short stories about life an my father's WW2 stories mixed in with poems)& "The book"(where I describe my art works-film-music-paint & writing.
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