Drew Dodge

In Drew Dodge’s paintings, part human part canine figures often take part in suggestive activities, bathed in moonlight, in desert landscapes or perhaps in the setting of a ranch. An impression of tenderness and a peculiar eroticism emerge from the physical relationships between beings and objects. By softening the bristly texture of his colorful creatures, Dodge summons a balance between chaos, ecstasy, pleasure and pain. His masterful works bring together three artistic traditions: Religious painting from the European Renaissance and its powerfully structured pictorial spaces and intertwining bodies; American desert mysticism and its powerful symbolism; the cartoon, with its strange and seductive mix of animal and human characters.
 
Drew Dodge (b. 2001, Monterey, California, USA) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He recently graduated as a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Art and Design in Providence. His already acclaimed work has featured in several exhibitions in the USA and Europe.