Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon

This artist's beautiful surrealistic paintings are as humorous as they are haunting.

Eerie subjects, cheeky nods to popular culture and a dark color palette speckled with ominous glowing light- these are just a few of the things that made me fall in love with Casey Weldon's paintings.

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Bright Eyes

Weldon is a fine artist originally hailing from California and currently living and working in Seattle, Washington as a painter and illustrator. Weldon is a master of combining socially current iconography with his dark sense of humor and hints of nostalgia, fantasy and sadness. The outcome are these insanely beautiful, relevant, otherworldly paintings.

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Closing In

Weldon frequently updates his Instagram @caseyweldon with new works and exciting news, and currently has paintings in galleries across the world. Check out some of my favorites below.

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Death Perception

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Hidden Motives

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Lit

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Melancholia

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Nope Hope

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Needles

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Scorpio Bae

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Sink Yer Teeth

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Dry Mouth

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Slight of Hand

Fine Artists Take on Tattoos: Casey Weldon
Subnatural