Jack Whitten

These painting by Jack Whitten are called Mask of God I and II. Whitten painted these artworks in 1987 for Joseph Campbell. Whitten was inspired by Campbell’s four-book series, The Masks of God. This was the start of Jack Whitten’s collages in his memorial paintings.  Joseph Campbell was an American mythologist that had an interest in the human spirit. Both Whitten and Campbell are fascinated with encounters that go beyond the human mind. I like these paintings because when a person is looking at these paintings, they wonder what are they looking at, or how were these paintings made, or even what materials were used to make the paintings. Also, the paintings are very mysterious and unique