DARYLE
LOCKO
“My goal is to reflect the human condition as I see it.”
Continue Watching, 2023
16” x 20”, Acrylic paint on canvas
$400, purchase here
At Night, 2023
8” x 10”, Acrylic on canvas
$100, purchase here
And why it gotta be Black, 2022
36” x 36”, Acrylic on canvas
$700, purchase here
Pink Man, 2022
8” x 10”, Acrylic paint on canvas
$150, purchase here
And All I Saw Was Yellow, 2023
51.5” x 62”, Acrylic on canvas
$1,050, purchase here
Relations N.o1, 2023
8” x 10”, Acrylic on canvas
$150, purchase here
Maroon, 2023
22” x 28”, Acrylic paint on canvas
$400, purchase here
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FROM THE ARTIST
My paintings are analogies to the world we live in today— and the people, cars, TVs, broken hearts, etc. that populate it. My goal is to reflect the human condition as I see it. I introduce words to many of my paintings to blur the line between painting and poetry which ultimately give my paintings the voice I am sometimes too scared to vocalize. The words add a story to my paintings and give the painting a mouthpiece to express what is going on in my head.
The inspiration behind some of my paintings is based on when I was younger and I watched my mom watch Barbara Walters on The View. It was then that I was young and ignorant of the problems of the world. As I got older and Barbara Walters retired, I became more aware of the world’s problems, problems which seemed nonexistent in my childhood—Donald Trump becoming president, Bill Cosby assaulting sixty women, Russia invading Ukraine, etc.. So “where the fuck is Barbara Walters” is me asking: Where did that youth go? Whatever happened to that purity? Will the world be the same again?
Oftentimes I’ll include a question in my art— such as “if I was a carpet, would you step on me?” which is intended to get the onlooker to think. As part of the human condition mentioned, we don’t think enough. What better way to cause one to think than with a question?
ABOUT DARYLE LOCKO
Daryle is a multimedia artist whose works are inspired by people and conversations. He is also a Gallery Assistant at Touchstone Gallery and attends St. John’s College in Annapolis Maryland.