Paul Pascarella. There are many aspects and practices in my life that contribute to my paintings as much as decades of experience in the studio.  It seems that my life experiences are recorded into a memory bank in some form that can be drawn upon in the moment of artistic expression. Riding motorcycles across the desert floor or high into the mountains here in northern New Mexico – those visceral and visual experiences consistently manifest into my paintings.

The Gonzo paintings come from my longtime relationship with Hunter S. Thompson, the creator of Gonzo Journalism. This series of work is both to honor my friend Hunter and to develop a language to resist the approaching Tyranny.