Created 2018

“Shamanic Painting 01” is the first of the series. The interplay between background and foreground elements is meant to act as a gateway for the viewer’s higher consciousness. While subsequent works expand upon this aim, this serves as the blueprint and proof of concept.

Critelli’s time-consuming process involves liquefying acrylic paint, molding it into 3-dimensional pieces, and interweaving hundreds of dried pieces onto a canvas wet with paint. Think Jackson Pollock meets Basquiat -- or Nickelodeon -- as the Shamanic Paintings’ tactile splatter is a nostalgic callback to 1990s youth culture.