COBRA GOOSE
Artist living in Florence, Massachusetts.
"A wild world needs wild things." - Cobra Goose
Artist Statement:
In stark black and white, the bold style mimics black marker-drawn stickers commonly used in street art; thus subject matter and style roughly bring together the natural world and the urban. I've always been struck by the way the urban world both shuts out and makes room for the natural, as well as the relentlessness of nature in the face of this, and the ultimate coexistence of both. This art is an attempt to explore vivid pop culture iconography, street sticker themes, the wildness and playfulness of animals, societal metaphors, and social and technological critique. All images were drawn by hand on a Wacom digital tablet in 10K x 10k pixel format with the open source Krita program. Each work will eventually be released as an environmentally-friendly NFT (Non-Fungible Token Artwork) on a low-energy, low-cost third generation blockchain such as Cardano. Given their nature as NFTs, the pieces also comment on digital art and the value of digital art in the future.
In stark black and white, the bold style mimics black marker-drawn stickers commonly used in street art; thus subject matter and style roughly bring together the natural world and the urban. I've always been struck by the way the urban world both shuts out and makes room for the natural, as well as the relentlessness of nature in the face of this, and the ultimate coexistence of both. This art is an attempt to explore vivid pop culture iconography, street sticker themes, the wildness and playfulness of animals, societal metaphors, and social and technological critique. All images were drawn by hand on a Wacom digital tablet in 10K x 10k pixel format with the open source Krita program. Each work will eventually be released as an environmentally-friendly NFT (Non-Fungible Token Artwork) on a low-energy, low-cost third generation blockchain such as Cardano. Given their nature as NFTs, the pieces also comment on digital art and the value of digital art in the future.