Darlene Mellein

Contemporary Mixed Media and Acrylic Paintings

 
 
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Artist Statement


An urban/Primitive theme underlies most of my work. My paintings are my  commentary on societal dysfunction—from primitive man to the alienation of the modern.  Although I flirt with the dark side and have a fleeting affection for it,  humor infuses my view of life and informs my art, resulting in an intuitive style I call Alternative Social Realism.


When I paint, I create simple non-specific primitive figures, suggesting Everyman, resulting in an Outsider sensibility because of my take on the world I am conveying, and the natural fit for my personality.  From this perspective  I transform the real into symbols,  both archetypal and personal, which occur and repeat like the doodlings of a private and primal dream.


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