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CARLOS KAGE

@issuevisuals.bsky.social

LOS ANGELES ɐᴉuɹoɟᴉlɐɔ art and design BY A HUMAN

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CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 3d ago

CHALKBOARDS (2019) acrylic on birch ply (12 x 12) #painting #acrylicpainting #humanmade

Text repeats: I will not throw cocacolas at lockers anymore.

A figure stands holding a knife.

A ceremonial blade is diagramed.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 4d ago

BLOWING STEAM (2020) aceylic on paper (11 x 17) #acrylicpainting #portraitpainting #humanmade

A self portrait. Green with beige backgrond. Main figure is smoking. Smoke rise out of the ears of the figure.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 6d ago

ODE FROM DR. GAGE (2024) We sent the humanoids of metal and plant, for it was far too much for a human to handle. Hurtling across the system. New worlds and moons and little dwarf planets. In many ways we envied them. No eating. No drinking. Just thinking. 1/2 #poem #comic #sketch

Panels from a book of poetry.

A ship travels through space.

A humanoid machine infused eith plant properties for a long voyage, away from a dying earth.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 7d ago

A SECURITY STATE (2025) Brush pen, gel pen on paper (4 x 6) #sketchbook #sketch #brushpen #gelpen

An private allied security guard stands in the central library park preventing familys and individuals from laying down in said park, like a true patriot.

Text floats around the gaurdwith a pig nose, pig feet, and a giant vulva sprouting from his pants.

"No laying down in the park"
"Allied with business."
"I'm a giant pussy."

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · last wk.

CHERRY BLOSSOMS (2024) acrylic on birch ply (8 x 10) #acrylicpainting #painting #humanmade

A tree trunk dominates the middle. Branches and dense flowers extend out and upward. Gold and silver accentuate the edges.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · last wk.

MANIC MAGICIAN (2022) ink on paper (9x12) #illustration #artist #humanmade

Black and White. A being is tied up in chains, hanging upside down with a HELP sign dangling from the neck. The background is a circular warped checker pattern.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · last wk.

Working on some t-shirt graphics from my sketches. First one is done. SELF (2026) Digital Illustration #tshirt #graphicdesign #illustration

Upcoming T-Shirt Design

A being is crumpled to the ground trying to hold up an ever increasing pile of the word "SELF" above their head.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 2w ago

SOULLESS (2023) #poem #poetry #religion #spiritual #atheism

Mary shed your light.
Feet back on the firm.
You must use your sight
to leap without strings.
To feel from within
Watch the grains pass by
and learn to see alone
for the first time.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE HORRORS (2020) gouache on paper (5 x 7) #painting #gouache #portrait

A bald pink being stares off to the right with a horrified expression.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 2w ago

OBNOXIOUS LIBERALS (2025) brush pens, ink, on paper (5 x 7) #sketch #sketchbook #skeleton #liberals

A skeleton sits on a cube, hand holding its member. Text acts as the background.

"Obnoxious liberals are for sale."

"La, La, La."

"Judas is glam"

"Should we own our words?"

"No soldier, shall in time of peace."

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hospital Set (2017) Pine, Steel, Spraypaint #environmentaldesign #setddesign #productiondesign #fabrication #healthinsurance

A hospital intake room. The room is just the frame, without walls. The room sits in a large white environment with no end. A desk sits in the middle of the room, with a chair for the doctor, and two for the clients.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 2w ago

FRIDA ON FRIDA (2021) #digitalillustration #illustration #frida

Overlaping drawings of Frida Khalo from two different images. Her eyes align but everything else diverges. She is rendering in vibrant colors. Greens, blues, pinks, purples.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 2w ago

HI GOGH (2021) acrylic on birch (8 x 12) #acrylicpainting #vangogh #painting #artist

A Gray Scale self portrait against a red background. Joint perched between the lips. A straw hat masks eyes that may or may not be there. The ear is cut and bleeding down the neck. Sqaures make up the details of the lapel and hat.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 2w ago

AUBREY AND OSCAR (2025) #brushpen #sketchbook #musuemofcontemporaryart

Portrait of Oscar Wilde from a recent MOCA exhibit.

Text: Aubrey and Oscar sitting in a tree, D.E.C.A.Y.ing.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 2w ago

BOURGEOISIE IN A TREE (2020) acrylic on canvas (12 x 12) #acrylicpainting #painting

A man holds a tennis racket as he dangles from a noosd hanging in a tall tree. A urine stain has spread from the crotch if his shorts. The sky, a vibrant pink, fills most if the background. The lower third portion of the background is purple. Tennis balls fill in the crevasses of the base of the tree.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 3w ago

WHEN A FIRE STARTS TO BURN (2025) acrylic on canvas (9 x 12) #acrylicpainting #painting #eatoncanyon

Eaton Canyon. A burnt tree branch sprouts new leaves and flowersagainsst a pink and redbackground filled with circles.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 3w ago

"A party ain't great cause the booze is free."

I wanted to be a tree
But they wouldnt
Let me.
So I sprout gold wings,
And fly above your fears.

XXV 25

(Written on a cement wall in chrome.)

"Cuntry spirit is setting spirits free."

Two trees bloom as water from the floods saturates their roots.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 3w ago

OATH OF THE DARK FOREST Friends, give me the courage, to change the many things I can. The grace to accept What will, or will not. What may, or may not. And the wisdom to grow, irrespective of the inherent uncertainty.