"In this new body of work I am viewing my own childhood through the lens of psychology and mythology. The images are a result of intense psychological exploration and automatic responses to memories and dreams of childhood. The settings are often bleak and somewhat dystopian representing the vastness of the human psyche. In continuing with the theme of the archetype, I am interested in the synthesis of the child with the archetype of the hero figure in both mythology and psychology." -JOHN WENTZ