Dave Palumbo is an illustrator and painter who does these very beautiful and dark pieces.
I noticed a lot of his pieces relate to death which I find to be very interesting. Or at least he seems to involve skeletons or skulls in a lot of his paintings.
Some of these paintings make me think of conquering death or letting death conquer you, or become a part of you. I feel like there is a lot of meaning behind these paintings and it's very fascinating to try to decipher them.
I really love the dull colors as well- they give that melancholy and somewhat powerless yet also powerful feeling.
Like this image below, you can look at it two ways: either defeating "death" or the skull, or the skull is being destroyed/stepped on by a person and being defeated. It's interesting how the meaning of the painting can sort of change based on the perspective of the objects.
As stated before, I just really love the colors he chooses. They tend to be this grayish color mixed in with a subtle or somewhat bright orangish/redish color. It creates some contrast but not so much that its distracting. I feel like without even realizing this color scheme he uses, I still felt this sense of hostility. He does a fantastic job with colors to create a specific mood/tone.
http://davepalumbo.deviantart.com/
http://www.dvpalumbo.com/
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