Joseph Greenwood

Fresno US

Medium: Colored Pencil
Width: 279 mm
Height: 355 mm
Price: $1,200

In ancient lore the succubus was sent to tempt men into sin. Their ultimate victory was to seduce a holy man into breaking his vows. Through the third eye, the gateway to hell, the wicked one watches with glee as the will of the victim wanes and gives way to the pleasures of carnal delights. This is how I visioned one such demoness to be. A subtle blend of beauty and strangeness. And yet she compels me to gaze upon her over and over. Sometimes I see her as a wicked temptress, other times I see an innocence. Almost like her actions are more compulsion than choice. Sometimes she can be beautiful...but she can be dangerous.

I have been drawing from the time I was 3 yrs old. Art is something within me, and is always with me. Thoughts and images swim inside my head like schools of fish in the ocean. Often times the ideas are so vast they overwhelm me. And yet I find there is something compelling about simplicity. I explore a variety of mediums from painting to digital. To me, limitation is death, where as the imagination is infinite. So I strive to unlock the door and step into the dream.