An Effigy at Sea Ties folklore and his mother’s Costa

folklore and his mother’s Costa Rican culture and wife’s Mexican heritage have all played a big part in his work

" ~Steve Javiel

This piece is part of a 2-Panel diptych in which Bradley Platz and Michael Ryan have collaborated

Graceful and deadly clever

My aesthetic is also very much influenced by video game technology

An Effigy at Sea Ties folklore and his mother’s CostaInfo Artist Bio Shipping Catalog 60 x 24 inches 2012 Oil on Linen Framed This series of ten new works on linen entitled 'Blood & Marble' explores the idea of classical decay in the modern age. These painstakingly detailed paintings feature portrait busts offset by elements of life; hints of blood, an interrogative gaze, scarred flesh and perched birds that all add a subtle color and life force to the cold marble subjects. Bradley Platz intricate oil