Captain Patrick

Romain Dorez (b. 1989, France) “Captain Patrick” (2020) Mixed media on canvas, hand signed by Dorez, measures 60 x 80 cm (24 x 32 inches.) Note the words scrawled across the superhero’s chest: “Make Love Not War”, the green soldier holding a rifle under a camouflage parachute, and the cartoon face of ‘Captain Patrick’ created by the artist. The work of art is titled, dated, and signed on the verso of the stretch canvas.

Drawing from geek culture (the love of computers, technology, and cool cartoons), science fiction and comics, Dorez creates paintings with messages using pop colors and iconic pop characters in a mirrored but distorted version of society. His work is inspired by many things and people, including the work of Warhol, Lichtenstein, Basquiat, Van Gogh, Picasso, Haring and Pollack, as well as from everyday life, tv, film, letters, and the words of street art.