wow what can you say about the depth of the art here mickys head on fire ice cream truck distroyed youth is no longer innocent bullet proof jacket wow the little girl with her gun to her bear the i am 3 button point well made i can feel there disillousion the lack of innocent is this the same artist from malard ville that i used to know ?

Comment by celeste — June 29, 2009

I am going to be completely honest and say that I didn’t understand what these paintings were really about when I first looked at them. I just read the comment by Andrew Tong and it completely changed the way I feel towards his art. Now I see what he does as honest, not gruesome as I thought it was yesterday. I think that it is interesting the message he is trying to portray in his work. Anyone who felt like me should read about him – you might end up liking his art more than you thought you could.

Comment by agc505 — June 16, 2009

i love the pictures. so cool! but im wondering if he was alloed to use mickey mouse like that. pretty gruesome…

Comment by mxlver — June 12, 2009

I can appreciate this artists work just fine. He did take the time to do it after all. But I guess I’m tired of the whole doll/child imagery thing and the not so hidden meanings in a lot of these contemporary works that are around today.

Comment by Giotto — June 12, 2009

This is my second comment. I had a chance to thoroughly go though the artists portfolio. Why did I do this. Because of the comments on this page as far as his art being over the top and disturbing. I searched but did not find anything over the top or disturbing. I was actually more impressed with the artists talent than before. If I could afford it I would buy it. I personally AM interested in what is going on in the artists head. What type of childhood did he have? What were his influences growing up? What type of relationship did his parents have? All these factors shape who we all are today and as for an artist, how he perceives the world and communicates that to us. An artists invites you into his world when he paints. He/she is not painting, sculpting, writing to make YOU happy.
Again…AWESOME body of work Andrew.

Comment by B — June 12, 2009

I like the expression on the kids face in the first one. Kinda like he knows what hes doing is wrong but cant help himself continuing.

Comment by Steven633 — June 12, 2009

please explain what these paintings mean. is the boy being destoryed by america? or are you depicting arab children as terrorists as a racist remark about Islam? if this is an “all muslims are terrorists” paintings, i would advise you to please learn the history first before judging. if it is about the war and damage america has done to arab children, please, do tell. these paintings are a bit confusing to analyze.

Comment by cece — June 12, 2009

my take on the subject of these paintings would be that any and every artist has a spacific message they are trying to covay wether or not people think its subtil or not people will always give you there opinion if you ask for it, what matters is what it means to the artist and you can never really judge something unless you can see it through there eyes and understand where it comes from i agree with clyde yet i disagree its great

Comment by d.monnro — June 12, 2009

LOVE…. HIS WORK IS BEAUTIFUL!!!

Comment by LESLIE — June 12, 2009

For everyone here disturbed that these are images of children, I point out that every serial killer in the world started out as a child. Every soldier in the midst of battle was once a child in his mother’s arms. The darkness of the images may mean to portray the loss of innocence, and evoke sadness, but do not fool yourself. Human children are the most cruel, selfish creatures on the planet. Look at any playground and witness the bullies sadistically tormenting other children. Children torture flies, shoot birds with BB guns, throw the family cat or dog into the pool and laugh at the animal’s distress. If you are disturbed by this artist’s images, perhaps you have never contemplated the dismal truth that existence has always been mostly unhappy for the vast majority of humanity, and children learn this as they grow up. We face that as adults, and wish to shield that from our kids, but we cannot, for that darkness is a part of human nature.

Comment by Margaret — June 12, 2009