Ruben Ireland es un artista gráfico e ilustrador, que realiza inquietantes imágenes, sombrías y, a veces rayando en lo espeluznante, con rostros y cuerpos que a primera vista parecen normales, pero una inspección más cercana revela que todo está totalmente fuera de orden en relación a las proporciones estándar de una figura humana. Ireland exagera ciertas partes de la cara y el cuerpo, como la cabeza o los ojos para conseguir que el espectador sienta que está buscando en un mundo construido, no de nuestra propia experiencia física, sino de un mundo de ensueño.
“My style combines intricate, sensitive details with minimalistic environments and textural, energetic silhouettes. I often portray stoic, women in contemplative engagement with themselves or shadowy, imposing animal figures, exploring the self, life, death and discovering the universe.” Ruben Ireland
«Messy and neat, focused and scattered, wild and careful, obvious and subtle, traditional and contemporary,» is how Ruben Ireland describes his entire life philosophy. This contradictory approach is also a noticeable influence in regards to his art, which depicts mysterious, almost heroic-looking women, carefully displayed in minimalistic environments. Utilizing a mostly monochromatic palette, Ireland says that his work «has more in common with the moon than the sun, although I tend to see them as both joyful and somber simultaneously.» And while often merging the human form with mythological elements, Ireland’s work meets at the crossroad of realism, dark fairy tales and ancient folklore.
