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And while digging through Martin Wittfooth’s Passions last week found out he shares his NY studio with Jason Bard Yarmosky, one another talented portrait artist who seems to be particularly interested in heroic decrepitude…

Jason seems to have reached a good level of notoriety amongst his American pals.. he is fully booked for the next few months exhibiting in Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, Santa Monica and New York again. And if we’re lucky enough maybe a European gallery owner may decide to bring his creepy heroes

Heroes he describes as an exploration of the relationship between the limitations of social norms and freedom of expression, particularly the juxtaposition between the young and old. That we see more elderscents and their particular pre-sex games or foreplay. But again, this is a matter of personal interpretations.

Jason will be exhibiting @ Copro Gallery (Santa Monica – CA) next month in a group exhibition called “Dark Water”, so if you’re around…

I had the opportunity to admire Martin Wittfooth’s Fish Market more than a year ago when it came along with many other American paintings to Bristol’s city museum. That mix of wild diabolic nature, possessed fauna and apocalyptic sceneries. Human horrors or nature errors?

Memento, oil on panel - Martin Wittfooth

Flying monkeys, deadly hummingbirds, perturbed and perturbing creatures … Canadian artist Martin Wittfooth just opened his newest (and first) solo exhibition @ New York’s Lyons Wier gallery last week. “The Passions” comes to represent the religious imagery of saints suffering throughout the animal kingdom… the new martyrs of our human environmental infection. You may probably remember Martin from Hi-Fructose Vol. 19 cover, and with this first NY exhibition he’s surely earning a lot of attraction and attention from the U.S. collectors.

Sacrifice, oil on canvas – Martin Wittfooth

If you happen to be in the U.S. or will travel to NY before November 13th make sure you pass by the gallery and pray for all these tormented beasts, they need a few Lord’s prayer. For when a European exhibition Mr Wittfooth?

A Candle for Orphans, oil on canvas, 2009 - Martin Wittfooth