Hello!
I'm Butch, and I'm Joel, and these are my paintings. The subjects I like to paint are sex, drugs, violence, booze,
stuffing your face, evildoers, and the devil, and if I think of something else fun I'll paint that too.
Dragging Christian art history in the dirt is what turns me on the most. As a kid I lived in Europe, where every museum and cathedral and holy week procession is loaded with masterpieces of sadism: people boiled in oil, hung upside down, getting their teeth ripped out, shot full of arrows, and then beaten to death with rocks. That became my impression of Christianity and history. It's gruesome, and I like to put that darkness on center stage. At the same time, I never want to paint anything without a touch of humor to it!
My paintings have no symbolism. They are little stories, one-scene movies that only have one cast member, and that's me. What you see is a moment frozen in time.
There's a story behind everything. If you want to learn a little more about a painting, I'd love an email at .[email protected]
I'm Butch, and I'm Joel, and these are my paintings. The subjects I like to paint are sex, drugs, violence, booze,
stuffing your face, evildoers, and the devil, and if I think of something else fun I'll paint that too.
Dragging Christian art history in the dirt is what turns me on the most. As a kid I lived in Europe, where every museum and cathedral and holy week procession is loaded with masterpieces of sadism: people boiled in oil, hung upside down, getting their teeth ripped out, shot full of arrows, and then beaten to death with rocks. That became my impression of Christianity and history. It's gruesome, and I like to put that darkness on center stage. At the same time, I never want to paint anything without a touch of humor to it!
My paintings have no symbolism. They are little stories, one-scene movies that only have one cast member, and that's me. What you see is a moment frozen in time.
There's a story behind everything. If you want to learn a little more about a painting, I'd love an email at .[email protected]