Above an orca, refracted in the glass, sits a rabbit, and a flowering tree, standing in the wind.  The fin anchors into the tree, indisputably linking the two.  Or how about a pack of deer, their antlers aflame, standing amongst the burning carcass of a car.  Two contrasting images, but so irrefutably related to one another within a very controlled space.

In fact, Josh Keyes draws the perspective that limits his work.  You see no other context than what is presented, like a theater set.  This only serves to enhance what he paints.  I find myself unable to look away.  I can go on..and I will.  I like the copper bull littered with security cameras in each direction.  The bear behind it can’t figure out what he, and the bull, are looking at.  I can’t either because my view is cut, and suddenly I’m in this piece without having been painted.  This is cool, this is interesting, this is smart-this why I love art.

Walking around I see images of metal and flesh, land and sea, natural and artifact.  Even your own self is contrasted with the art through his use.  To get a little ga-ga, I find this extremely amazing.  His website is awesome (thanks Josh!!), displaying hundreds of paintings, drawings, and installations.  Call you loved ones and alert the neighbors-Josh Keyes is something great.