As much as I enjoy art, there isn’t very much of it that I write about that I’d actually want to live with. This painter’s work is different somehow. Joshua Flint paints memories. And like memories, the images are a little misty, a little soft-focus, and sometimes, a little off.

His details get all mixed up, but I think the overall effect is both soothing and haunting. His explanation makes perfect sense.

“There is a dynamic interplay between experience and interpretation. What is remembered isn’t necessarily descriptive of the actual event. Once the experience has passed through our emotional filter we assign meaning to it, changing the actualities. My paintings explore that place in-between a direct translation and the abstract of emotion.” -Joshua Flint

I think his fascinating, familiar-looking oil paintings would be really comforting and easy to live with. It reminds me a bit of two other artists about whom I’ve written, Yvan Favre and Mara Light. I hope you enjoy these wonderful, moody paintings!