Parskid

PARSKID (www.parskid.com) is one of my favourite artists. He has created a set of characters and a style that is instantly recognisable as his own. He works a variety of different mediums but I especially like his paintings and installations. I'm not crazy about his drawing/digital work as I feel it doesn't have the character, energy or spontaneity his paintings and installations seem to have.

Parskid has done a few gallery shows and has shown several series of paintings telling stories. His most recent being the 'Fire and Ice series' which was mixed media on wood. He has an odd autographic language and tends to focus on small weird creatures in a big patterned environment. Paint sploshes and splishes are usually thrown in for good measure.

There seems to be an almost child like innocence to his work; his characters are constantly out of proportion, with their arms and legs constantly being too long for their bodies. There seems to be a theme of loneliness and wonderment in his paintings with his characters seeming to be searching for something, which could represent his own personality as art often does.