From the Artist:
Art can be a powerful way to search for purpose and meaning. Anything we wonder about, question, or experience can later breach the surface of the subconscious to become an iconic visual symbol. In my own work, figures, animals, and buildings interact in a metaphoric narrative that is autobiographical and, hopefully, universal. I imagine they are me. I am every man, woman and animal that I draw. I am everybody and nobody in particular. My pieces attempt to explore and celebrate the certainties and ambiguities of personality, relationships, and being.
Mitch Mantle recently graduated from the University of Arizona with his MFA degree in studio art. He is originally from St. George Utah, but now resides in Gilbert, Arizona with his wife Cassidy and their son Ozro.