About the Artist
I’m Buddy Pajak, a painter and muralist from the central Texas hill country whose art is best described as an energetic illustrative style smashed into fine art.
My work derives from my young life surrounded by friends, immersed in our collective imagination. We read comic books, drew pictures, and created worlds and stories that both reflected and expanded our everyday experiences. In my art, I now try to recapture the nostalgia of these moments. I want to express the intention of these times spent using color and narrative to enrich our lives, to inspire curiosity, amusement, and even a sense of the weird. My mural work especially communicates this purpose on large wall spaces with splashes of color and imagination in order to capture the viewer.
Beyond nostalgia, I carry much of the graphic, comic book style that formed so much of my early visual world. It is the fantastical and dramatic aesthetic that draws me in. My current process involves using oil paint to harness that energy within the principles of fine art – lines, balance, contrast – to create off-beat emotive pieces with a mix of bright and subtle moods.
Artist C.V.
EDUCATION
2011 | Bachelor of Fine Arts: Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Studied under Tenured Professors:
Johanna R. Fauerso
Randall Reid
EXHIBITIONS
2016 | Solo Exhibition, 218 Studio Works Gallery, San Marcos, TX
2016 | Pints and Prints, Alta's Cafe, Austin, TX
2015 | Solo Exhibition, Jo's Cafe, San Marcos, TX
2013 | Employee Art Show, Root Cellar Cafe, San Marcos, TX
2013 | Exordium: Introduction to Local Artists, Zocima Gallery, San Marcos, TX
2011 | B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Texas State University Gallery, San Marcos, TX
NOTABLE COMMISSIONS
2017 | Rio Vista Park mural, City of San Marcos, TX
2016 | Kissing Tree mural, Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc., San Marcos, TX
2015 | Mural, Focus Fit Gym, San Marcos, TX
2015 | Logo, Rhea's Ice Cream, San Marcos, TX
2015 | Beer Labels, Sean Patrick's Pub, San Marcos, TX