Funk Generations :: Painting + Prints

February 26, 2012 / Blog, News, Paintings, Portfolio / 0 Comments

BZ_FunkGenerationsAbout the Artwork
Funk Generations :: A New Age by Brian C. Zickafoose
Original Painting (2004) – 
22 x 26 Inch on Paper

Funk Generations :: A New Age was the initial installment of the Phunk Phenomenon Painting Series in 2004. This mixed media painting is mostly acrylic paint, with the face and hands done in pastels, and highlighted in metallic ink, this beauty shines bright with DNA helix strands weaving the funk of ages. In 2010, Zickafoose teamed with Paula Mandala Caldwell for the Funk Re:Generations Print Series as seen below. Purchase the limited edition, signed and numbered print. Edition of 250.

Funk Re:Generations by Paula Mandala Caldwell

Funk Re:Generations by Paula Mandala Caldwell


I AM the Light of the World :: Painting

December 13, 2010 / Paintings, Portfolio / 0 Comments

“I AM the True Vine, I AM the Bread of Life, I AM the Light of the World.”

Launched in 2007, this painting represents the first of a series of images that will be featured in my upcoming Re::Creation series. These paintings will attempt to illuminate the religious philosophy that I’ve developed throughout my life and experiences.

From my earliest memories of youth, I recall having an intense spiritual awareness and fascination for the mysteries of the universe. While the strict Christian upbringing served by my family should have reinforced my  standing, the empty rhetoric and dogma of modern Christianity left me feeling diluted by unanswered questions. I sought answers.

Venturing forth on a mission of discovery, I vested hundreds of hours pouring over nearly every religious text and doctrine available. Then, I researched the art of religion. From the primitive cave paintings at Lascaux to the abstract musings of Bosch and beyond. If a man ever had a revelation or inspiration about God, I sought to pick the bone clean.

The perspective that emerged from my research was a tapestry far more colorful and intricate than anything I had previously conceived. I envisioned in my mind’s eye that all living things are connected on a higher plane and that the vast network of life  combined is only a fraction of what the being we call God really is. I made the realization that man, being burdened by fear, and prejudice, could never fully grasp God’s entire being.

We suffer a great amnesia of our divine origin. Through this series of paintings, I hope to probe the core of modern religious structure, tearing away the archaic framework of old school and rebuilding our house anew with a higher conscious of mind. Reawakening.

And now the challenge of illustrating these ideas awaits me.

I have composed a poem to accompany the piece that reads as such:
I AM the fire and I AM the sword,
Broken bread of my flesh redeems the world.
I AM one beside one and one beside one,
Through me into this world you come.
I AM the Path of truth, for my Will be known,
Through Me you’ll pass when my glory is shown.
I AM the Creator and I AM the Trinity,
The fruit of my flesh, is the born of the tree.[/read]

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Purchase this print in 16×20 size on Economy Matte.


Freekbass :: Show Poster

Title: Funk Invincible
Client: Freekbass
Medium: Acrylic / Mixed
Completed August 2007


Electric Chameleon :: Album Art

December 1, 2010 / Paintings, Portfolio / 0 Comments

Dreamin’ on in the Temple of the Chameleon
Album Art for Electric Chameleon’s Debut album
12×12 Inch Acrylic – Completed September 2008