Joel Menemşe
Any situation, fact, emotion, or image influences my creative process. In my paintings, I portray animals and people together in the same place. Humans are destroying animals and claiming their natural habitats. Doing so, humans actually cause self-destruction. I believe the habitats of humans and animals -both trapped in concrete piles and subjected to violence- are restricted. I portray these feelings, concepts, humans, and animals together, merging the interior and exterior spaces.