Francks Deceus

Mumbo Jumbo Study #15 - Figurative Painting with Blue, Orange, and Ochre Colors

2019

Spring Break Afternoon #3 is a 34 x 46-inch acrylic and collage work on canvas. The primary colors are yellow and blue. The image is playful, with hundreds of yellow buys floating on...

Spring Break Afternoon #2 is a 60 x 48-inch acrylic and collage work on canvas. The primary colors are yellow and blue, with an orange accent. The image is playful, with hundreds of ...

This vibrant painting, featuring faceless figures on yellow rafts floating across calm blue waters, captures the artist's reflection on his Spring Break experience—a pivotal moment d...

Francks Deceus’ “Mumbo Jumbo BK#1” is a 20 x 16 inch acrylic paint, color pencil, and collage painting on canvas. The main colors are pink, blue and red. The image is very playful, showing a man dressed as a superhero standing next to an entangled fire hose. The title “Mumbo Jumbo, is inspired by Ishmael Reed’s book under the same titled, where he attempted to capsulate the complexities of the African American experience. For Deceus is about capturing the complexity of his experience as an immigrant from Haiti back in the 1970s. A series of very colorful and playful works, focusing on the adventures of one figure named “Cappy”. The name is derived from Deceus family home town, Cap Haitien. Cappy is Deceus alter-ego; The images are intentionally drawn in the vein of comic strips with Cappy as the superhero. He goes out in the world and has to solve the kind of frightening experiences Deceus knew about as a Haitian immigrant, which in the paintings are ironically represented by the hose/snake snarling Cappy. Stylistically Deceus work incorporates many of the aesthetic forms of artists like Norman Lewis and Howardena...

Chidy Wayne (b. 1981, Spain) is an artist based in Barcelona. Over the years, he has established himself as a recognized figure in the art world, developing a personal artistic langu...

John Baker’s “The Death of Nelson Rockefeller”, a double portrait, is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 36 x 48 x 1.5 inches in pinks, grey...

Chidy Wayne (b. 1981, Spain) is an artist based in Barcelona. Over the years, he has established himself as a recognized figure in the art world, developing a personal artistic langu...

Urania, the Muse of Astronomy in Greek mythology, symbolizes the pursuit of celestial knowledge and the wonders of the universe. She is often depicted with a globe or a telescope, hi...