BIO
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My name is Kevin Peleschak, but you can call me the Witch Doctor. I work full-time as a motion graphics designer (www.krpdesign.com). This site is here to house the personal artwork I make in my free-time.
My main pieces of work are abstract paintings and drawings. They are mostly improvised and driven heavily by music, resulting in psychedelic, visionary images that burst with color.
I also really like to draw lettering and graffiti-inspired forms. Those are much more planned out and begin from simple pencil sketches.
In addition to these visual arts, I play guitar and often engage a looping pedal to create spontaneous compositions. I haven't yet recorded any of the results but there's a chance something could appear on the site.
ARTIST STATEMENT
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"Because getting there is half the fun"
In making my personal artwork, I aim to let images come forth from a sub-conscious level. This approach contrasts the work I create in my day job as a motion graphics designer, where every element is highly scrutinized and lots of creative and technical planning is required. Because of this approach to my personal work, the subject matter differs greatly from piece to piece. They could be viewed as a snapshot of my mind at that particular point in time.
My main materials are paint pens, ink pens, pencils and markers. They allow me to make long, continuous lines without having to reload a brush. This process can be compared to methods and ideas used in abstract expressionism. The difference is that I try to bring the work back from abstraction, into something more tangible. I try to create chaos, and then somehow find something within that chaos. I look for something recognizable in the clutter and work to bring it out. In an effort to work beyond the most expected, I will often bring out what appears at first, then destroy it to try and find something more surprising within the new chaos.
Over time, I've come to think of the lines as a map of our journey through life. You have to constantly make decisions about which direction to go. Every passing second is just a little mark, but those turn into moments, which intersect and layer up over time to create an entire lifetime. As more of these occur, patterns and shapes can be seen. Certain themes come forth as others recede. But only after all the time has passed can you see the final composition and realize that sometimes, where you didn't go meant more than where you went.
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