Kainan Becker

Art should be an expression of the human soul, like poetry brought to life. Much too often artist’s political, religious or moral agenda seems to creep through, corrupting each piece into a billboard advertising their beliefs. Art should be the reflection of an artist’s soul.  It should evoke emotion, something you can feel low down in your gut.  It should sneak up, gentle and poignant, or explode inside of you, passionate and vibrant.  It should be bright with joy or dark and vicious, violent and raw.
Kainan is a local artist whose mediums include photo manipulation, painting on canvas in acrylic, as well as mixed media of all kinds.  Through the use of Photoshop, stock photos and a clear vision of his emotions, he has been working with digital image artistry and photo manipulations for over ten years now. He is inspired by fantasy, dreams and the human imagination. What he strives to relate in his art is a visual to human emotion. He tries to capture the feelings and imagery of dreamscapes.
Each piece is like a dream, startling and filled with dark, deep colors. Each one filled with emotions, raw and visceral, brought to life.  Sometimes sad, dark, brutal and vibrant, deep yearnings, longings.  His pieces are often crushing with despair, dark with mystery and with secret glimmers of magic.  In each one, even in the most personal and painful, there is a golden thread of triumph.  The triumph of a soul, finding release.
Each piece is a mirror into his soul, a flash of his dreams and emotions, each piece is his offering to share with you, the viewer, a part of himself.