“For me, art is an old religion with all of its gods and saints and demonic forces. As a painter, I consider myself part of an ancient tradition. I first saw Eddie Martinez’s work in a zine of some kind in San Francisco in 2012. I was living in a van with my ex-wife and making little oil still lifes, ironically. I don’t remember [which work] I saw, but the energy of his hand was instantly impactful. It’s a strange thing when you discover somebody’s work that you fall in love with. It’s like romantic love in the sense that it feels like you were already looking for it without even knowing it, or that you were in some way destined to encounter it."
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