In the Artist’s Own Words – joey FeldMaN

I’m a self-taught artist, born in Philadelphia and now based in Los Angeles. I started my career from scratch—no roadmap, no safety nets, no connections, no business plan. Just an obsession with drawing I couldn’t shake. From that obsession, I’ve built a life: over 3,823 works sold, a daily practice that never stops, and a community of collectors who see themselves in the chaos I create.

I never pre-plan a painting. I don’t sketch it out or calculate the end. I let the marks lead. Ink spills, paper tears, canvases fight back. My job is to show up and push until something alive emerges. Sometimes it’s messy, sometimes sharp, sometimes it feels like scratching an itch I’ll never get rid of.

My work is about chaos, humor, survival, and release—the tantrum, not the resolution. It’s not about perfection; it’s about getting it out. I make distorted faces, restless lines, and colors that collide. I mix abstraction and figuration because life itself is a mess of images, moods, and noise, all happening at once.

I’m self-made. No teachers, no institutions, no gatekeepers—just persistence. I work every day with my cat, Boy Boy, nearby as proof that life and art don’t need to be separate. For me, painting isn’t therapy, it isn’t decoration—it’s necessity.

My art is a record of being here: the marks, the tantrums, the chaos that turns into something permanent.

jF