DeathMauStudios

I draw because I have to. It is a need and a drive.
It has been this way since as far back as I can remember. My family jokes that I was born with a crayon in each hand;
this is probably not too far from the truth
Simply put, art makes me happy. Creating art is even better.

Most of the time what inspires me to work is completely random. A phrase, a song, a line from a book or movie;
a specific shade of color, the exression on a person's face at any given moment.
Suddenly, my brain is full of images that won't leave me until the idea has been fully purged onto a sheet of paper.. or whatever I can get my hands on to create with.
I'm not picky.

My newer art seems to be all about balances. A balance between beauty and ugliness, light and dark, delicacy and stark bluntness.
Life is a balancing act after all, we keep our darker natures in check by balancing our less than savory actions in good deeds.
And what else is humanityother than balance and contrasts?

I have a deep love of surrealism and I try to portray that in my own works as well.
Just like life, things may appear pretty and attractive on the surface but may actually be dark and disturbing at a second glance.