JOHN ANGELL , Tidepool 1 , photo encaustic , mixed media on floating Baltic birch panel , 16 x 12 x 1.5 inches , 2022
My work has many influences , from centuries-old Chinese and Japanese landscapes to African tribal masks , Color Field painting , Pop Art , Abstract Expressionism , Hunter S . Thompson , Dada , Surrealism and the American Dream . I am captivated by the beauty of abstraction in works of humans and nature , their intersection and the ravages of time on both . I draw on my own adventures in living , foibles and shortcomings .