The Mind-Blowing Art of David Normal
The Mind-Blowing Art of David Normal
David Normal is a San Francisco based painter and animator. He began his artistic journey on the age of 16, making posters for a Punk band. After engaging with parties productions and 3-D animation work, David changed his focus to creating psychedelic oil paintings.
His painting are inspired by his spiritual & psychedelic experiences. Normal has traveled extensively in South-East Asia to document rituals of trance and spirit possession.
His painting are inspired by his spiritual & psychedelic experiences. Normal has traveled extensively in South-East Asia to document rituals of trance and spirit possession. He later compiled his video documents into few short animated films. Check out his short film “The Bicycle Ride”:
His oil painting also express his deep interest in psychedelia and psychedelic culture. David paintings are ful of spiraling visions that mix sexuality, religion, spirituality and death. Check them out:
The Pool
Cognitive Libretens
Chemical Imbalance
Samsara
Purcogitoresque
One of the most known art works of David is “Crossroads of Curiosity”. Originally created for Burning Man 2014, David Normal used Victorian Era book illustrations exclusively from the British Library’s digitised collections to create the artwork.
Watch David Normal talks about “Crossroads of Curiosity”, for The British Library: