PatrickCallArt

Denver l Colorado

Follow me on Instagram - www.instagram.com/patrickcall.artist

Follow me on Facebook - www.facebook.com/patrickcallartist

Patrick Call is a painter, actor, and Colorado native currently living in the mile-high city. Working as a flight attendant, on his time off he focuses on his art, acting, and his love for philosophy.

Patrick considers his art to vary between surrealism, magic-realism, and realism. Combining the themes of social issues, politics, astronomy, pop culture, dreams, and the visual expression of his spiritual, philosophical, and existential beliefs. His paintings are often filled with lucid atmospheres, creating a mood he wants the viewer to “feel”. His earlier works are much more surreal and dream-like in definition, however, his more recent work has evolved into more magic-realist and realist forms. He attributes the evolution of his work as a result of his ever-changing philosophical and spiritual beliefs. “I love the ability to combine philosophy and the juxtapositions of life into a visual experience, often having an element of absurdism in it”. Surrealism is a form of art that lacks rationality and defies the laws of physics, where Magic-realism is a realistic scenario that has an element of magic or fantasy that could in fact have a rational explanation, then Realism which is a depiction of reality as is. Patrick loves to tap into all of these art forms, allowing himself to evolve and experiment with different depictions of reality and fantasy. “I feel that my work is frequently a result of abstract thought towards a specific subject, whether intentional or unintentional, therefore, my art can’t always be described in words but through visual interpretation, resulting in my lack of ability to explain the meaning of my work.”

“Often times, trying to find “concrete” meaning and rationality in the abstract takes away from the originality of one’s own interpretation”. For some, abstraction and mystery are accepted only when it can be explained, for others, it’s the enigma itself that captures and intrigues. Intense emotions, frustration, and obsession can manifest from the enigmatic art. That being said, understood or not, accepted or not, realistic or surrealistic, whatever meanings you may gather from his paintings, Patrick hopes you enjoy them.

What’s the meaning of this painting or that painting? The answer would be the same as if you asked Patrick the meaning of life. “Perhaps there is meaning, perhaps there is no meaning, or perhaps the meaning is to create your own meaning”.