There's something crazy, narrative and almost psychedelic about these that I really enjoy.
He got his MFA at the University of Cincinnati and now he lives and works in LA.
Here's a spiel about him from an exhibition of his at the Hammer Museum:
Aaron Morse is a Los Angeles-based artist whose paintings depict epic collages of imagery pulled from sources as divergent as 20th century American politics, 19th century Romantic literature, comics, art historical painting genres, and current events. Morse weaves these various themes together to fabricate symbolic, alternative worlds in which time and history seem at once recognizable and otherworldly. Animals and humans intermingle in colorful, surreal landscapes where space is disjointed and turbulent.
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