My current work explores the concept of man-made catastrophes and the implications of those actions on the world stage. These works address the aggressor and the victim with equal measure, questioning the notion of a "just" cause. Different bodies of work explore the varied themes of conflict through texture studies and figure drawing. The work is informed by elements of graffiti, dilapidated environments, torn, burned sufaces and scarred figures that speak to the destructive themes within the work. A spare color palette communicates ideas of rage, chaos, brutality and flesh.

One might see faces of disfigured civiliains and soldiers, figures cowering in fear, people helplessly watching the destruction of things around them in this body of work. Manufactured hostilities and human cruelty and the extremes mankind goes to rid it self of conflict are also themes within my work. There is no celebratory aspect to these subjects, but rather contemplation of chaos created by war and carnage. Thus, as the bulk of this work addresses the idea of the "moment of impact", my work captures the tense atmosphere of a scenario moments before, after and in the midst of disaster.

Jonas Angelet, 2009