I can't remember where I first saw JK's art, but remember thinking it was a glorious balance of beauty, movement, colour and obsessive compulsive disorder. It reminded me at first of a couple of other incredible artists I had been into for a while: Jose Parla (genius) in parts, and Herbert Baglione in others, that's about as good as comparisons can get. His beautiful pieces are enormously intricate and complex and completely simple flowing patterns, not fiddly or contrived, just wonderful.
The guy himself is a dude. Honest, open, friendly and funny - quite nice then.He has a show coming up at the Cerasoli Gallery, and I don't think it will be long before we see him in the UK, which would be cool.
'Joshua Krause is a primarily self-taught artist driven by hope and humor. His art is an obsessive search to find his individual path in a world that seems to be on another page. Influenced as much by dreams as by stupid movies, Joshua relies on intuition and the unconscious to guide his work. Born in NYC in 1977, and raised in Florida, Joshua lives and works in San Diego, CA.'
Rock (as the man himself would say, a lot)
