Description
‘Philip Larkin’ by Zach Mendoza
Artist: Zach Mendoza
Title: ‘Philip Larkin’
Medium: Oil on yupo mounted on panel
Dimensions: 7″ x 5″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2022
About the Artwork:
“I’ve been working on a ‘portrait of the artist’ series for the past couple of years. This is a portrait of British poet, Philip Larkin. Larkin’s poems are often comically dour and pessimistic, but are always beautifully written. His work has inspired several of my paintings before. My favorite opening line of any poem is from Larkin’s ‘Wires’ – ‘the widest prairies have electric fences’.” – Zach Mendoza
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
After graduating with honors from Art Center College of design in 2015, Zach’s exhibition history has continued to grow throughout the United States. His work has been featured in a number of galleries and in national publications including New American Paintings and Creative Quarterly among others. He has participated in numerous group shows and a number of solo shows as well. Of his work, Zach says “It is often a mishmash of ideas, images, half-truths and afterimages that become almost ghoulish amalgams of the sum of their parts. The process of creating, destroying, and then reassembling the ruins is a regular aspect of my work.”