Lucas Gluesenkamp

I've never been really interested in any one artist's work - until I went to the exhibition in our campus art gallery featuring Lucas Gluesenkamp, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I read this upon entering the exhibition,

Artist's Statement:

A collage of mysterious characters caught

in that fatal moment of impending doom.

A random cosmos dealing in absolutes. 70's

idealistic scientific illustration and childhood

dreamscapes. Bleak aggregates. The first time

you rationalized death. Effigies of the living.

Hyperbolic Ennui. A coping mechanism for

dealing with life. Anthropomorphizing the

unknown. Death of the inanimate. Shadows

from the corners of the attic. Grieving the

nonexistent. Prayers for an empty sky. Places

lost behind the stars. Optimistic Failures. The

Eroded words on a gravestone.

A universal sadness. Succumbing to the void.

Plague spirits. A stars death rattle. The coffin

and the sky. Mute tango. Simulacra Mort.

Poor advice from an echo. Places for lost

teeth. Hardships of the forgotten. A nightmare

with little hope to wake up from.

Subterraneous clairy.

A few examples of his work, (picture these on bigger canvas's)

Along with paintings, he also does 3D work as well, like the following (which I think is adorable!),

(^Meet Vroom Vroom)

What I am most drawn to is the color explosion of Gluesenkamp's art - the brilliant oranges and blues in particular, which work extremely well with the texture and shapes of the paintings that in a whole really draw the viewer in to the imaginary world being depicted. I feel like I could look for hours and just let my imagination run wild. These paintings are really inspiring, I'd love to have one hanging on my wall!

The link to his seemingly-abandoned blog can be found here.

And the link to his seemingly-abandoned online portfolio: here.

What is your opinion of this art? I'd love to hear it!