When I first saw Morrill’s pieces, I focused on the thick application of bright oil paints on the canvas, however once I realized each piece had specific subject matter, I became much more intrigued. Each painting illustrated characters who clearly have their own individual personality. They have unique facial expressions and body language. Each canvas tells a story, and I think this is a goal of Morrill’s. He describes each act of creating a piece as an “exploration and discovery.” He explains that all his pieces are a mixture of his “life experiences, dreams, and influenced by the masters.” Each piece illustrates a hint of truth. In my opinion, art constructed with these points in mind is beautiful. It’s honest. Morrill’s shows humanity. His paintings are emotional and show real human qualities yet have been created with a sense of humor in mind.
I’m certainly no expert when it comes to artists, and I’m sure there are many artists out there who create similar work to Morrill. However, I haven’t seen them and can only base my opinion on what I know. I believe Morrill has put an interesting and modern twist on pieces created by artist gods. In my opinion, Morrill’s pieces look as if they’ve been inspired by artists like Picasso. Morrill’s scattered and bizarre yet planned and meaningful pieces remind me of works such as Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Morrill’s Operation Theater reminds me of Picasso’s Guernica. Both fill the canvas in an appealing way, using distorted bodies, light, and other objects.
In Morrill’s artists statement he describes his ambition as “to find some pictoral instant of truth that can help penetrate the conundrum in which we all linger.” In other words, we live in a world that’s not only confusing, but filled with mystery. Morrilll hopes to create works that somehow put some clarity our often ambiguous existence.
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