Clinton St. John

Painting

In my practice I address themes of sickness, death, sexuality, and depression. I navigate my own past experiences while developing narratives that expand upon the meaning of the work I create. The paintings are often obscure while at times using figuration in Neo-Expressionistic and Magic Realism settings akin to that of a fever dream.

My current body of work, Obsolescent Moons, is a collection of oil paintings whose subject matter revolves around transformation, and how the relationship to our environment evolves as we undergo change. Looking to these themes within the context of personal experience, and the subconscious mind, the ever-layered act of painting serves as a means to explore the tenuous human experience of what it is to dwell in the present while attuned to immutable knowledges of the past.