Honorable Mention

Jon Ashcraft

DUn fAngEr Kam OOf

Raw Canvas, Wood, Yarn

40" x 30" ***Varying Dimensions

2023

I partake in the absurdity and unreal components that revolve around my life. My visual cues come from my childhood and adulthood buffoonery that are cartoon relics derived from my mind. I approach image making by adhering to my interpretation of how I see life, and the inherent violence that protrudes in and around reality. At no point will anything make sense, in fact nothing does. It is only by the repetition of painting will I have a grasp on what I think the "truth" really is. I am at the mercy of my own solipsistic, existential dread bleeding from my own mind.