Art by Sean Hopp, Chicago - Surreal Oil Paintings and Portraits Art by Sean Hopp, Chicago - Surreal Oil Paintings and Portraits
2004-2008 :: 2001-2003 :: 1990-2000 :: Some Information:: Available Work
 


My artwork honors the traditions of Horror and Fantasy, the twin stepchildren of Myth lurking in the shadows of the information age. These intertwined populist genres represent the remaining ghettos of spitituality and ancient wisdom within a culture that places its highest values on logic and control.

Drawing inspiration from dream imagery, portraiture, literature, and film, my work depicts a netherworld of ghosts, angels and demons who become a foundation for psychic experiments using the filters of modern paranoia and social isolation to help dig through the empty layers of the soul.

I have been variously and obsessively influenced by the paintings of Dali, Bacon, Blake, Fuchs, Giger, Varo, Magritte, Ernst, Bosch, Bellmer, Albright, Beksinski, Crumb, Nerdrum; the writing of Borges, Carroll, Lovecraft, Poe, Shelley, Ballard, Tolkien, Herbert, Dick, Burroughs; the the films of Svankmejer, Buñuel, Cocteau, Gilliam, Lucas, Jodorowsky, Cronenberg, Craven, Argento. I have always been an enthusiast first and a contributor second.

I work with a combination of oil, acrylic, egg tempera, charcoal, and ink, using modifications of traditional glazing techniques. I frequently paint with my fingers and incorporate additional ingredients and textures such as animal hair, dirt, dust, blood, and sand.


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