Sunday, December 2, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Appropriate ages
16 x 20
oil and acrylic on canvas
As a child I was always fascinated by the Japanese models and toys at the comic book store. The fact that I couldn't read read the type or knew what the source material was added a level of surreality to them. This was my attempt to recreate that feeling I had studying their boxes. This may be a theme that I revisit in the future.
As a child I was always fascinated by the Japanese models and toys at the comic book store. The fact that I couldn't read read the type or knew what the source material was added a level of surreality to them. This was my attempt to recreate that feeling I had studying their boxes. This may be a theme that I revisit in the future.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
So I'm just getting started here.
Brian Hatfield is an artist out of Seattle, Washington.
He attended the Art Institute of Seattle, however he considers himself mostly
self taught. He’s most definitely a child of the 80s. Fed on a pop-culture diet
of Star Wars, Voltron and Robotech, he attempts to recapture the simpler times
of his life, playing underneath the coffee table with action figures, Hot
Wheels and various die-cast toys. The main influence in his work comes from 2
toy lines from that time period, Shogun Warriors and GoDaiKin. A child hood
friend of his was lucky enough to have a father who traveled and would bring
him those most amazing toy robots. They were unlike any American toys. They
were large and made of metal with primary colors with shooting missiles and
fists. When he paints, it is in part, to own and play with those toys that were
out of reach.
He states that his painting have no real subtext or deeper meaning
that a sense of play.
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