Eric Shaw’s work puts me between eras. While it’s mod­ern, he tends to strad­dle the line between futur­ism and sur­re­al­ist move­ments. His draw­ings seem auto­matic and seem to come from the subconscious.

His shapes are exag­ger­ated arms and legs, and his paint­ings flesh-toned tow­ers. In the grand scheme of his work, there is a very struc­tured and at archi­tec­tural feel to it. Not only the del­i­cate lines give way to this, but the mon­u­men­tal­ism of his fig­ures as well. They tower in envi­ron­ments, unwa­ver­ing and not intimidated.

There is a sense of secu­rity that I draw from Eric’s work. Every­thing seems very con­tained; shad­ing does not ven­ture out­side the realm of its intended shape, and the col­ors are even and strong, despite the chaotic nature of its content.

All images via his Flickr.