“Waterfalls, A Spiral-Shaped Lake and a Spiral-Shaped Reservoir In a Jungle On Planet Zert-34 (129)” by Carlos Cerrato

Ink acrylic and gel pen on paper

12’’ by 18’’

$375

My art is an examination of otherworldly buildings, formations and/or plant-and wildlife-filled environments that create densely packed worlds that seem to be from another dimension. I find inspiration for my art in architecture from around the world. I also repurpose forms of mass communication into architecture and other objects. Different alphabets and forms of communication from around the world, ideograms, hieroglyphics, Morse code and braille and more inform many of my works, along with 1950s-1980s Sci-Fi art. Geysers, waterfalls, volcanos and various natural hydrological features also figure into my paintings and drawings. I typically employ the horror vacui technique, filling the entire canvas, so that viewing my work is similar to solving word search and maze puzzles and can leave viewers' eyes wandering around the canvas. I create my line drawings with pencil, acrylic ink markers, gel pens or technical pens. My paintings are created with a mix of different paints including acrylic, watercolor, gouache and ink(sometimes all of them on one piece).