Welcome to my art blog



A self-taught artist, I have always been drawn towards the macabre. Born a twin on Christmas Eve 1964 in Montreal, my twin died several months after birth. This became a large influence in my creative process; isolation, detachment, duality, haunted visions coming from this astral being that I am forever tethered to.

Art has always been my way to process and filter what I come across, what I am subjected to, or what I subject myself to each day; a way for me to exorcise the demons on my shoulder. The paintings are empathic, often inspired by the individual’s strength in the face of their own weakness. The common thread in all of my works is survival of self.

If a viewer is made uncomfortable by my work, then I have done my job as an artist. I have touched something within them that they are not comfortable with. I want to elicit a visceral response but maintain a sense of the absurd, creating works that are both intensely horrifically personal and humourous.

I am inspired by artists that have celebrated the grotesque: Hieronymus Bosch, Joe Coleman, Otto Dix and George Grosz.

This blog is a progression of my work, works in progress, random thoughts etc. You can join me on Facebook or view a gallery of my work on Flickr at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27952465@N05/

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Your f(r)iend,

Grant Cunningham

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Bend, Spindle, Mutilate


This was part of the "My Inner Child Is a Serial Killer Series". The idea of this series was that as a serial killer, I would leave a calling card in the form of glyphs. These glyphs were predominant in this series and represented that part within each of us that is not known, a secret core that only we know that is not shared. It shows that none of us will ever be fully understood for who we are.
The evil figure is destroying the Mormon- like, conservative figurines, revealing their black hearts within. The are left twisted, broken and empty from their experience.


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