John Walker
Artist’s Statement
My work might best be placed within the broad spectrum of pop surrealism or new contemporary with many pieces exhibiting a streak of dark humor. I’m essentially working within a couple of different series. The first revolves around the concept that we live in a multiverse and that the reality we experience is only one of many possible realities. This is the basis for my series of work based on an imaginary lost civilization, one that exists in another part of the multiverse, very much like ours, but slightly skewed. These are often mixed media pieces; reliquaries, shrines, or portraits, usually mounted in embellished frames.
The second series is primarily made up of drawings. These pieces are derived from similar ideas of imaginary worlds but are sometimes more conceptual in nature. Included are depictions of masked characters, portraits, and collections of odd but naturalistic looking objects sometimes hiding strange creatures within.