Forgive me Father for I have sinned... I did not make art from 1997-2011.

I grew up drawing all the time. It was my strongest talent. From 1997-2011 my art went dormant. I had barely made any art at all. Writing poetry and music had become my main outlet. In the past year or two I spent more time watching my wife in the studio. I also was able to discuss art with two of my artist friends. I also watched some inspiring biographical documentaries on artists it really lit a fresh fire under my hand to pick up the charcoal again.

Dealing mostly with parallels of things I've connected through thoughts, poems, prayers, and emotions. Captured time; time that was saturated in deep spiritual and emotional reflection.

The content is mostly parallels drawn between two of my own poems, a parable of Jesus, two psalms (Tehillim), and a few visual concepts from my sketchbook. And while I played out these parallels I listened to one album on repeat throughout the whole body of work.

Artist BIO:
Mullen never thought his wild Arizona upbringing and childhood obsession with drawing wildlife would inform his art well into his thirties. In 2011 his original talent was awakened after a 14-year hiatus from visual art and returned with a vengeance. Capturing the majesty of wildlife he wrestles and scrapes through the layers of physicality and distress found in street art. His mixed media includes graphite, charcoal, acrylic, spray-paint/stencil, encaustic (beeswax), wheat-paste, fire, and oil pastels on wood.