My paintings usually highlight two different themes, one mainly focuses on animals and capturing a sense of movement and narrative through the captivating style of disrupted-realism. While the other explores the realms of darker, more haunting subject matters that reflect my own personality and other passions in the haunted attraction industry and Halloween! Animals are still significantly featured in this work as well and remain my favorite subjects to paint. Living creatures are constantly moving and twitching in rhythm with the space around them and I strive to capture that movement in my work. This may be why I am drawn to looser forms and brushwork and have been since I first discovered the style in college. It's always been so captivating and expressive to me and I love how the style thrives on improvisation during the entire process. Whether my backgrounds are undefined or specific, my main objective is to create an atmosphere that vibrates around the subject matter and works with it harmoniously. The abstracted markings help in leading one's eye around the piece, only to fall back into place on the more defined forms, and then repeat the cycle with new details to discover each time. I use several different tools to achieve this combination of realistic and abstracted forms and I’m constantly trying to grow and develop all their uses and possibilities, many of which are discovered during creation process itself. I also find that the combination of loose and defined strokes make a piece feel more organic and earthly, and these marks, whether subtle or chaotic, give both my lighter and darker subjects matters a sense of life. - Morgan Cameron