Pinned Butterfly - 2015 - Oil on canvas made of recycled clothing
New Religion - 2015 - Oil on canvas made of recycled clothing Paul Valentine Doha, Qatar Paul is a painter, wood carver and printmaker, whose style balances between popsurrealism and psychedelic. He is influenced by Salvador Dali, German expressionists and the aesthetics of Art Nouveau.
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Paul reflects on modern consumerism culture, which obliges people to constantly waste and buy new things. Many of his artworks contain an image of a TV set, a car or a fast food cup. These three objects are epitomes of the misplaced
priorities of a materialistic world in which people are too obsessed with their possessions and status and will never refuse them, despite the discomfort and harm they cause.
