Although a lot of my artist research is based on long dead painters there are many contemporary artists that I really admire. One such artist is John Kleckner. I rote an essay on Kleckner's untitled painting of Hercules but I wanted to take this opportunity to address the large body of work that he has created in a similar style. Kleckner uses two different methods of working and two contrasting mark making materials in a single painting to emphasise a disparity or a clashing of ideas. This can be seen in the painting to the right in which the highly detailed but monotoned man is surrounded by explosive and free flowing inks. To me this contrast represents the disconnection between humans and there natural roots. Im the painting the man is naked and seems to be attempting to reconnect with the natural world but is unable to do so.  This theme is seen in much of Kleckner's work and while I don't want to use the exact same idea I want to echo the question of humans and our place in the world that is not constructed by us, since this is a topic that is often on my mind as a nature lover that is often glued to his computer.