Qrcky

Born in southern Virginia during the seventies to a family where art was not practiced or encouraged, Qrcky was drawn instinctively to Chuck Jones' cartoons, Norman Rockwell's c, and Bob Ross' PBS show. Qrcky would try to imitate their art while watching cartoons. Twenty years later and entirely desolated by a bad marriage and subsequent relationships, Qrcky began to paint reverting to the kinds of self-expression he felt closest to as a child. Finding freedom in his art, Qrcky found his voice but exile himself away from friends and family. He discovered that under emotional distress and displacement he was able to focus and paint at his strongest while feeling content and whole.


Portfolio:

Qrcky

Anxious “Anxious ”

2020
30x40in
Oil on Canvas

"A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart."

Mind-forg'd Manacle “Mind-forg'd Manacle”

"In every Infant's cry of fear,
In every voice: in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear" - William Blake."

24x36 Oil on canvas
2020