Ikari
iSin
- 120 x 115 cm
Adam and Eve, the tree of knowledge, the fall of man — reframed through our modern idol: the smartphone. The “forbidden fruit” is no longer nature’s gift but a device engineered for consumption, distraction, and control. Instead of reaching for knowledge or truth, they reach for glowing screens suggesting that our deepest myths of desire and downfall have been commodified, sold back to us, and disguised as progress. It doesn’t just parody — it exposes. It implies that we’ve traded original sin for original spin, that we are complicit in worshiping the object that enslaves us, and that paradise is lost not through disobedience, but through conformity. Where the Bible warned of the serpent, here the seduction is sleeker, cleaner, and far more profitable. The bite has already been taken, and the story repeats — not in Eden, but in every pocket. Note: Available as a signed digital print. Any personal message can be added. DM on X for details. -G
Digital painting
Letting GROW Gold
- 120 x 159 cm
SquidGrow Evolves
Digital painting
Ikari
- 120 x 123 cm
This piece was inspired by Banksy's latest piece which was painted on the Queens building of the Royal Courts of Justice. It was widely read as a critique of judicial and state power, especially in light of recent crackdowns on protests in the UK. Banksy’s work shows authority (the judge) violently silencing dissent (the protester) — a statement about how power suppresses truth and resistance. The red blood on the placard is the cost of standing up. My piece flips that dynamic: Shibtoshi, isn’t authority crushing protest — he’s the leader striking down FUD, the falsehoods used to undermine SquidGrow. The judge’s gavel becomes a paintbrush, repainting red doubt into green growth. In essence. Banksy = the law as oppressor, truth as the victim. My piece = the leader as the protector, FUD as the oppressor. Both works are about power and narrative — but where Banksy's is bleak, my piece is defiant, hopeful, and mythic, it presents Shibtoshi as the hand that reclaims the chart and rewrites the story. His way. I think the name "Ikari" works for this piece (wrath, rage, unstoppable force).
Digital painting