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Menton3

...art cannot change the world, but if Artists said nothing the silence would be deafening

About Me

Born 1976 in Mississippi, Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.

My interest in painting steams from my investigation into the relationship between images and their relevant use within the psyche. Many of the mythological, religious, alchemical, and historical icons, symbolic figures and shapes, stimulate if not summon, internal functions.

I also make music under the name Saltillo.


My Blog

Nigredo Two

Nigredo Two: oil on Linen Panel : 18" by 24"Larger images can be found in the "paintings" section of my photos,And at my new website with is http://www.menton3.com/The new site was just launched today...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:54:00 GMT

Nigredo One

Nigredo One (oil on canvas, 18" by 18") Large images can be found in the "paintings" section of my photos.
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:59:00 GMT

Well of Mnemosyne

Well of Mnemosyne ( 36" by 24" oil on linen ) Larger images on this in the "paintings" section in my photos.
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:54:00 GMT

projection and interpretation

" The Wheel of nature turns in upon itself from without : for God dwells within himself and has such a figure, not that it can be painted, in being only a natural likeness, the same as when God paints...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:01:00 GMT

Meet Hieronymus

Meet my new ( Chamaeleo calyptratus ) Veiled Chameleon " Hieronymus ". And yes he will own you.
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 13:11:00 GMT

no matter how absurd

Psychology and Alchemy , by C.G. Jung . page 475 par 555." What the old philosophers meant by the Lapis has never become quite clear. This question can be answered satisfactorily only when we know exa...
Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 14:01:00 GMT

Personal symbolica within Alchemy

A great introduction to Alchemy is C.G. Jung's " Psychology and Alchemy " translated by R.F.C. Hull. I recommend it highly. In Part II, " Individual Dream Symbolism in relation to Alchemy ", Jung take...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:26:00 GMT

A Fools view of Iconography

I have only just begun to brake the surface of the study of classical iconography in relation to medieval and contemporary art. A subject base that is extremely large and fairy expensive to study. Bu...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:29:00 GMT

"statuo"

This is the beginning of my blog on the art work I will be working on. Theories, ideas, logos, symbolical and the iconography with in the paintings I am working on. I am not sure anyone will ever read...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:18:00 GMT