Martin Wittfooth’s Tooth and Claw
Born in 1981 in Toronto and spending most of his childhood in Finland, Martin Wittfooth is a New York City-based artist with an MFA from the School of Visual Arts. His luminous yet foreboding oil paintings portray scenes of nature fighting against the destructive hand of man, whether it’s the toxic industries he’s created or the evolutionary havoc he is wreaking on the animal kingdom. Humanity’s footprint is forever etched into the landscapes of the earth, and through a powerful visual narrative Wittfooth explores its lasting effects through representations of animals interacting with man’s industrial and societal creations, a sort of cautionary tale of what’s potentially to come.