“Cranial Expressionism”

                                                “Cranial Expressionism”

   “Where the mind overshadows the body, and knobby hands cling to reality like afterthoughts.”

Ralph Rumpelton, Founder of Cranial Expressionism

*"Rumpelton's work is born from the belief that the head is the true landscape of the human condition. The oversized craniums in my paintings are not mere distortions, but monuments to the weight of thought, memory, and worry—structures heavier than any pyramid. The small, almost apologetic bodies exist only to carry the mind, while the knobby hands, awkward and unrefined, represent the fumbling nature of human action.

I paint not to flatter the human form, but to reveal its absurdity. Life is disproportionate. Our thoughts are mountains, our hands are pebbles, and our bodies are simply the unfortunate scaffolding in between. Through my use of saturated skies and bare, dreamlike landscapes, I place my subjects in a state of eternal searching—seeking answers to questions that dissolve like sand in the wind."*

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