Painter. Figurative Artist.

Adam Bustamante eats dinner at 4:30 and has virtually no eyebrows. Now that we’ve covered the personal stuff, let’s move on to the paintings.

Long ago, some consequential mishaps led Adam to learn he had a knack for a style of traditional portrait painting that had been obsolete for over a century. Despite this skill having no relevance in modern society, he decided to quit his job and dedicate 10 years to try and get really good at it. That’s like devoting yourself to mastering the art of jousting or writing with a quill. You probably won’t be shocked to learn he has a job again..

Adam had a goal to paint like the masters of the 16th-19th centuries. When the aim is to emulate, expression exists solely in the images chosen and technique is either RIGHT or WRONG. In such cases, despite how compelling a particular brushstroke may be, it cannot remain in the painting if it doesn't fit within the limited boundaries of the objective.  However, the utility of a tool isn’t necessarily forgotten simply because it didn’t serve a particular job. Over the years, Adam has accumulated a variety of mark-making approaches. This includes everything from graffiti and caricature to calligraphy and pure academic realism. What you see now is the beginning of these techniques being put in one place with the only intended result being a unique technical and conceptual expression of myself. I mean of himself. This is definitely being written by someone very important and not Adam. Banksy wrote this. And you don’t know who he is so you can’t be sure that isn’t true.