I'm Yeshua Astley, a Bay Area painter.
My paintings come in two bodies of work. The first is built from bold, overlapping faces in flat color and heavy black outline. Each face is a different stage of my life, layered together to show how a person is shaped by time, by the people around them, and by the society they live in. The second is a series of mitochondria studies in pastel. They show the structure of cellular life with its function stripped away, a picture of a society that looks intact on the surface and is hollow underneath.
My work has been shown in Queer Tomorrows at the SF LGBT Center, and I've completed a residential art contract of 14 paintings and 3 murals, along with several large-scale private commissions.
Originals are available through this site, and I'm open to commissions. Reach out to start a conversation.