Alex aka Kortex : my Golden Centaurus and the Man of my Life...
Drawing, painting, comics, and everything that allows me to hold a pencil in my hand.
And Music... Vital substance. Like blood in my veins.
Singing too.
All the time.
And I've started playing the guitar.
I'm really attracted by occult sciences, religious iconography, human monsters, robots/cyborgs and Insane in general.
I admire Beksinski, Schiele, Giger, Bacon, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rockwell, Studio 4°C Bosch, Goya, Arthur Rackham, Waterhouse, The Pre-Raphaelites, John Sargeant, Brom, Chet Zar, Ramiro Rodriguez, Cam de Leon, Kent Williams, Yukito Kishiro, Jamie Hewlett, Mark Ryden, Junko Mizuno...and also the Londonian Punks, a true source of inspiration for me.
And to conclude, getting a new Vivienne Westwood piece drives me crazy.
If I was...:
- A color : Red.
- An element : Fire.
- An object : a black satin ribbon, my Vivienne Westwood Armour Ring, a syringe or a gas mask.
- A stone: a garnet.
- An animal : a black feline.
- A drink : a hot chocolate or a Jack Daniel's/Coca.
- A flower : a white lotus.
- A fruit : a strawberry.
- A song : "Dai the flu" by Deftones.
- A book : "Bye Bye Blondie" by Virginie Despentes.
- A movie : "Ridicule" by Patrice Leconte.
- A musical intrument : a black and white Fender Stratocaster... *drools*
- A fictive character : Gally from GUNNM
- A legendary character : Thalestris, queen of the Amazons.
- A movie character : Maud Lebowski.
- An actress : Sigourney Weaver, Meryl Streep or Julianne Moore.
- A quality : passion.
- A fault : impatience.
- A sin : Wrath...
- A weapon : twin sculpted daggers.
- An epoch : 1977 in London, The 50's in the USA, or the Victorian Era.
Feel free to link me!
myspace.com/junglecookie
THANKS!
Even more than meeting him, I would like to be considered by him.
Not as a fan. As an artist.
Maynard
- Acrylic on wood -
Without photo reference : I don't need it anymore.
I truly think he has the most interesting and the most inspiring face in the world.
I would like to send him the original painting, in order to thank him modestly
for everything he could have brought to me, and still brings to me.
Every day.
And a man able to write such a beautiful song like "10000 days"
could only be touched by Grace. Give him his wings.
Special thanks to Kevin and Sarah who both sent me this pic. You got me.
My website , where you'll find all my artworks.
TOOL related artworks
One of my dearest dream would be to work for them
"The 10000th day - Head" and "The 10000th Day - Heart"
I'm a very sensitive person.
Especially with music.
Music has quite a magical impact on me.
And the first time I totally understood the meaning and depth of the "10000 days" lyrics,
I have been so touched by this paradoxical feeling of tragedy and hope, that tears came spontaneously.
So spontaneously...
Now, every time I listen to this song, it wrings my heart.
It haunted my mind so much, that I HAD to create something related to this magical text and music.
Please click on these thumbnails.
This dyptique is really important to my eyes. You can easily imagine.
[ Oh My God!
One day, like one year ago, I made this drawing :
And several months after, I have been offered a t-shirt of the band with this illustration
I've never seen before !
I have to work for Tool, That's Written!
Too many coincidences... I didn't realize yet... ]
Danny Carey (Tool's drummer)
I like this man a lot.
I like this man who seems so steadfast, open-minded, faithful and true.
I like this man because he seems... like... really involved.
Involved in his job, involved in his ideas, involved in Life.
Of course I only give my feelings based on videos and photographs ; but sometimes
I wish I had him as an uncle, to sit on his knees and listen to his incredible voice.
Moreover, as a friend told me when we talked about him, when he plays drums,
he REALLY plays drums. He doesn't fulfil with making the rhythm.
Once more he's involved, in every song. He adds a real atmoshpere to the universe of Tool.
So... He gave me enough inspiration to make a little portrait.
(And yes, I want to see him with native american roots. Feathers suit him really well.)
Janus's Tryptique
Click on this thumbnail to view the tryptique in its full version ! ]
The three parts of this tryptich are available separatly on my shop in a very limited edition of 10 ,
and only 5 for the whole tryptich. You can order them by clicking on the link below...
Ages
Golden Centaurus
Miscellaneous
The Last Rainbow fish, ORIGINAL SOLD
Acrylic, ink, and color pencils on wood. 30x40 cm.
TOOL, DEFTONES,
A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Daturah, Team Sleep, The Cure, King Crimson, Static-X, Orgy, Jenx, Converge, Gojira, Godflesh, Kylesa, Norma Jean, Muse, Radiohead, Portishead, Debussy, Jane's addiction, (hed)P.E, Mats Morgan ("En Schizofrens Dagbok" *_*), Basement Jaxx, Robots in Disguise, Jeff Buckley, many more... and Gerald Genty.
Amer Béton (Tekkon Kinkreet),
Ridicule, Mindgame, Kamikaze Girls ! (so crazy...) Clean, Clockwork Orange, The Big Lebowski, Pulp fiction, Apocalypto, Death and the Maiden, In the mood for Love, The Deer Hunter, Dead Leaves, The pianist, Brokeback Mountain, Donnie Darko, la Classe Américaine, 300, Woody Allen's and good Horror films...
Despentes, Dahl, Baudelaire, Radiguet, Leiris, Dostoïevski, Shakespeare, Dutour, Steinbeck and so many more...
My Golden Centaurus...
Sampat Pal Devi......and any person able to fascinate me with the universe he has in mind.