Breaking Down What We Know
Every artist grows up surrounded by images that shape the way they see the world. For me, The Simpsons was one of those mirrors — a cartoon that made fun of everything from politics to family, but somehow told the truth while doing it.
When I created The Stimsons Collection, I wasn’t just remixing familiar faces; I was dissecting the comfort they represented.
The Power of the Familiar
These characters — Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa — they’ve lived in our minds for decades. They became symbols of an era when humor was honesty and satire could speak louder than speeches. But as time moved forward, something about them became warped. What once felt real started to feel hollow.
That’s what I wanted to explore — what happens when the things that once defined our culture begin to lose their meaning.
Nostalgia Through a Cracked Screen
Each piece in The Stimsons Collection is stripped down, layered, and fractured. The familiar color palette stays, but the composition falls apart. The faces don’t smile the same. The outlines are bent, broken, and reshaped. I wanted the work to feel like nostalgia glitching — like watching your childhood through a cracked screen.
Reclaiming Originality
This collection isn’t about destroying icons; it’s about confronting what they’ve become. In a world where repetition and commercialization drain originality, I wanted to bring that tension to life — to make the viewer question what’s still real underneath all the distortion.
I call it deconstructing the familiar because that’s exactly what I’m doing — peeling back layers of memory, culture, and identity until the truth feels uncomfortable again.
The Stimsons aren’t meant to be perfect or polished. They’re meant to remind us that the images we grew up with still hold power — but only if we’re willing to see them for what they’ve turned into.
Explore the Stimsons Collection here
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