Ethereal female figures emerge from metallic backgrounds in the striking paintings ofAiden Kringen.
The fragmented technique used in the background is juxtaposed with the realistic approach used to make the human figures.
This unexpected combination imbues the paintings with energetic tension.
My goal as an artist is to encapsulate idealized beauty through a cracked or broken lens, he explains.
California-based artist Aiden Kringen creates figurative paintings with a metallic palette.
He renders ethereal grayscale figures that are surrounded by an abstracted background.
