Jim Frisino

Visual Poetry

Contemporary Imagery

Contemporary illustration was one source of inspiration, but the roots go back further to Indian and Persian miniatures. After completing the "Four Sanctuaries" series I decided to use this style to try and tell some other stories I thought might work as imagery for paintings. This hybrid (a mix of contemporary and eastern styles) I like to refer to as "Visual Poetry". I'm not so much interested in creating an image that is naturalistic as I am in painting images that are visually compelling, and when most successful poetic.