Brooks shane salzwedel biography of abraham lincoln

Brooks Shane Salzwedel is a California-based artist whose mixed-media art juxtaposes man-made constructs and nature.

Brooks shane salzwedel biography of abraham lincoln

He’s been around for awhile, but I was unfamiliar with his work until I came across a recent post on one of my favourite art blogs, the Jealous Curator.

Salzwedel’s art evokes an ephemeral world shrouded in mist, like classical Chinese ink & wash paintings addressing post-industrial themes.

There’s also a vaguely unsettling quality to his work that hints at the post-apocalyptic, but the overall impression is more of a momento mori than  scenes from Armageddon.

Some of his work consists of mountainous landscapes that look like a scene from the winter after a forest fire. In others, bridges, trestles, and partially