Mouth 2

Karl Persson’s work is a wonderful painterly affair showing his love for the figural. Academically rendered, a great number of his works feature human figures, mostly voluptuous nude females, in submissive and distorted positions. The audience is given the point of view of voyeur or master, the one who is subjecting these innocents to cruelty or humiliation for our collective visual pleasure. 

“My intellect doesn’t come into play when I am channeling something subconsciously. There is plenty of time for interpretation after a painting is finished. Whenever I look at my finished paintings it is like analyzing a dream – deciphering my personal symbolic language.” -Karl Persson

His work is chock full of sexuality and dormant violence, it is visceral to say the least. It would make any of the “Old Masters” or S&M masters proud. Worth a deep look.

Karl’s website and his MySpace.