Dinosaurs and Unicorns

Now that I have graduated college, I am supposed to be a real adult. I'm supposed to have life figured out...but I don't. I feel anxious about the future in regards to where I will live and how I will support myself. I'd prefer to not be alone. And, I don't know what to make art about anymore.

So, I might as well paint what I like. I like dinosaurs and unicorns a whole lot. I take particular inspiration from this gem of a drawing.

Here are some of my dinosaur/unicorn paintings.

Now, in all honesty, these look pretty stupid. But, I think that's okay. I think they're still valid because right now, I just want to paint dinosaurs and unicorns. Along with my hula hoop drawings, I believe these paintings are helping me deal with growing up or at least they're manifestations of nostalgia for childhood. Either way, I feel validated by other artists like Andrew Ballsteadt, Fidalis Buehler, and Brian Kershisnik who choose to paint in a childlike manner. They're faces of Utah faux naive art.