walton ford at the brooklyn museum

so, last wednesday, before i left for paris, i went to the walton ford show at the brooklyn museum. he is my favorite artist, probably because not only does he paint these amazingly detailed and kind of sinister paintings, but they encorporate audoban and storytelling. each one has a background.


i'd seen some of his stuff at the whitney about 2 years ago. but it turns out this is his first museum show.

while i was there, he was giving a talk to the museum doners so i got to hear him personally talk about what had inspired him to paint each thing.



this here crazy animal is taken from hemmingway's stories about hunting in africa.