The God Particle, 2008
Andy Harper does amazing work with oils: fantastic gardenscapes populated with unanticipated plants. Many of his works incorporate dramatic symmetry, reminiscent of a Rorschach blot or the patters on a flowerhead.
Read an interview with Andy Harper at failedrockstar.
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