TRENTON DOYLE HANCOCKThe Pinfold, 2022

Acrylic, graphite, paper and canvas collage, plastic bottle caps and ink on canvas

30 x 30 in

About the artist

For almost two decades, Hancock’s elaborate works have interlaced personal memoir with the history of painting and pop-cultural imagery. Raised in a Southern Baptist household, the artist spent his childhood immersed in biblical subjects whose power can now be seen in his ongoing exploration of universal themes of good and evil. As Hancock states, “Archetypes of heroes going through toil and trouble and coming out all the better for it,” have been central to the way he constructs his visual narratives. Oscillating between figuration and abstraction, Hancock assembles compositions in a variety of media. The artist transforms formal decisions—the use of color, language, and pattern—into opportunities to build motifs, challenge narrative structures, and overturn traditional symbolic meaning. Infused with both personal and cultural mythologies, Hancock’s dense and subversive storylines employ tropes, ranging from comic-strip superhero battles to medieval morality, often introducing text as a key visual component that further complicates the narrative.

About the artist

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