ABOUT

Carson Roberts implements techniques from both digitally and physically rendered visual mediums to embrace and embody the complex emotions and behaviors that define humanity. Intent on pursuing understanding—whether through fluid abstraction or the direct assertion of subject matter—his standoffish articulations spawn entirely from impulse, viscerality, and raw instinct.

Roberts’ practice functions as a landscape where tangents of eccentricity, confusion, radicalized behavior, and the absolute means of coping linger just beneath the surface. His work rejects traditional notions of structure, choosing instead to elevate imperfection over perfection, malfunction over function, and the thin line of insanity over standard sanity. By blending digital precision with tactile, physical mediums like fluid acrylics and aerosol on raw canvas, his process mirrors the chaotic, unpredictable mutations of life itself.

Ultimately, Roberts views life as a beautiful accident—a mutation and a mistake that has brought humanity to the apex of consciousness. His expansive, emotive works serve as an invitation to look past the sterile and the polished, challenging viewers to embrace the flawed and the visceral, and to revel in the magnificent imperfections that make life truly beautiful.