J A Y   R E C H S T E I N E R       jayrechsteiner@hotmail.com                                                                                                                                                  ............................................................................................................................................................................................... home     about me     gallery     contact ............................................................................................................................................................................................... Monster Boy                    >> back to paintings Paintings on canvas depicting myself as a child and as an adult wearing the Monster Hat that I have been forced to wear by society and circumstance. This is not a real hat of course but only a symbol for the effort of society to press people into a certain desired form so that human society evolves in specific direction. Monster Boy acrylic on canvas, 96 cm x 90 cm Adult Monster Boy dreaming of childhood acrylic on canvas, 61 cm x 60 cm Five-year old Monster Boy acrylic on canvas, 102 cm x 102 cm Castrated & Self-aware acrylic on canvas, 177 cm x 85 cm plus to be added 177 cm x 180 cm (in progress) Jay and Thona - Monster Brothers acrylic on canvas, 76 cm x 76 cm Realisation of Being a Monster acrylic on canvas, 118 cm x 84 cm   Family photographs of the Monster Boy inkjet, pencil & acryl on paper                   Copyright © 2006, Jay Rechsteiner. All Rights Reserved.