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Joshua Petker
Bloody-mary-16x20-soldJoshua Petker, Bloody Mary .
© Joshua Petker
Blue-dead-pink-girlJoshua Petker, Blue Dead Pink Girl
© Joshua Petker
Margaret-really-soldJoshua Petker, Margaret Really
© Joshua Petker
Neon-black-soldJoshua Petker, Neon Black
© Joshua Petker
Requiem-i_0001Joshua Petker, Requiem
© Joshua Petker
Sugartown-soldJoshua Petker, Sugartown
© Joshua Petker
Play-for-today-16x20-soldJoshua Petker, Play For Today,
16 x 20"
© Joshua Petker
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> QUICK FACTS
LIVES IN:  
Los Angeles
WORKS IN:  
Los Angeles
WEBSITE:  
http://www.joshuapetker.com
> STATEMENT

“I used to say I was born in the wrong century. The way overly dramatic kids claim to be old souls living in the present day, I was convinced I was secretly an impressionist painter, meant more for turn of the century's demi-monde opulence rather than today's world of animators, illustrators, and monster movie artists. I didn't go to art school. I don't know all the proper techniques. I learned color theory by doing graffiti, but the story of the graffiti-artist-turned-fine-art-painted has been played out since the mid-'80s. My own life seemed to be working against me. I was convinced I should have been born in 1850.

Then I realized that I was approaching everything wrong. I live in Hollywood, this century's den of inequity and excess. I have eccentric colorful friends that rival the models of Degas and Renoir, I spend nights at Los Angeles bars that could rival those painted by Monet, and as this is 2007 I have access to neon pink and hot orange that I imagine even Van Gogh wouldn't know how to utilize. I am a contemporary painter interested in historic themes. There isn't anything wrong with that. I don't have any art school loans to pay back. I primarily paint women because I'm tremendously influenced by Klimt - and really focused on beauty.”

- Juxtapoz Magazine, October 2007

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