Currently, my work is illustration. I strive to conjure the inhabitants of worlds new and unimaginable. I draw allot of inspiration from the heaven and hell scapes of Hieronymus Bosch, wherein objects morph into the bodies of creatures and castles. The more familiar the object the more mystical its transformation.

I am obsessed with detail. I almost always found Waldo. I try to pack my drawings with the same wonderful depth as the Martin Hanford. In hopes that my viewers might spend more time looking. I want to reward those who turn over stones, who comb deserts, and peer into the distance.

Magic is omnipresent in the stories I tell. It’s the underlying force that binds otherwise disparate beings. I had a professor in college who preferred to watch movies (especially bad movies) starting from the middle. Watching movies and telling stories this way forces the viewer to create a backstory all their own to explain what is otherwise chaos. In my experience these backstories are almost always better than the originals.

Contact at josh.demougeot@gmail.com