Destin LaGrone

Divine Chaos

A celebration of life, with a dark undertone.

This artistic practice is an ongoing experiment in self observation. It is intertwined into the processing of emoting this human experience. Exploration of the internal (mind, body & soul) and the external (organic & material world) provide the greatest inspiration.

That which makes us human is the grandest joy and the deepest sorrow. I honor this spectrum of aliveness in my paintings. Characterized by bright colors, expressive characters, and impressionist style markings; they land somewhere in the contemporary realm.

My high contrast ink drawings display the chaotic, intimate, and tangled lines channeled from patterns seen in time observing nature. Absorbed in the minds eye they are stored, scattered, reconstructed through formed associations, and then purged, in a way which channels directly from the subconscious. The work is human-nature interaction in itself. It is nature discovering herself.

I am interested in the interplay of extremes like chaos and harmony, exaltedness and desolation, duality and wholeness. I create as sporadically as I live, there is no consistency. Yet in that, the work retains a certain authenticity. Seeking to create work that reeks a unique rawness. To display the divinity in the chaos.

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See Destin LaGrone's Studio at 1214 Powhattan St.