Marc Boutgès is a contemporary abstract painter. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
His paintings merge digital imagery and abstract painting through a digital collage process. The imagery in his work is derived from art historical references, architecture, computer generated imagery, video games, graphic and industrial design. The paintings mediums and materials range from acrylic, oil, duct tape, collage, enamel spray paint, paint pens, silk-screen, black plastic vinyl, and holographic tape.
Each painting is created first through a digital sketch. This is done either by digitally manipulating imagery or creating imagery through different software packages. He then collages the imagery into a digital sketch. After which, he works selected elements into the final canvas by hand or through using various printing processes.
His paintings create a visual world that opens both a virtual and an internal space, that is personal and impersonal, expressive of our current visual landscape, and teeters between creative and destructive worlds.