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CARLOS KAGE

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LOS ANGELES ɐᴉuɹoɟᴉlɐɔ art and design BY A HUMAN NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

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CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Even back when books looked like this? (The book that the quote refers to)

The Political History of the Devil
Cover of a book ≠ book-cover

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CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

CIRCLES ON CIRCLES (2020) acrylic on birch ply (8 x 10)

Overlapping blue green circles with shadows of smaller black circles. Red accents subtly spill through.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

CA SUNFLOWERS (2020) acrylic on birch ply (8 x 10) #art #painting #abstract #acrylicpainting

Gold circles form gold circles looping in white, silver, and black circles.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

RED SQUARE (2020) acrylic on birch ply (8 x 10) #art #painting #abstract #acrylicpainting

White squares on red squares with black squares in some white squares and gold squares invading from the top.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

AT INFINITIES GATE (2020) acrylic on birch ply (12 x 12) #art #painting #abstract #acrylicpainting

Circles in silver and gold pierce through a cloudy stream of blacks and blues.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

GOLD CIRCLES (2020) acrylic on birch ply (12 x 12) #art #abstract #painting #acrylicpainting

Gold circles on green background

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

GOLD / TEAL 6 (2020) acrylic on birch ply (12 x 12) #art #painting #acrylicpainting

Gold and teal streaks and drips down the canvas.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

IMPOSTER GENERALIST (2018) alcohol inks on birch ply (12 x 12) #art #painting #impostersyndrome

Stream of consciousness ramblings from a fraud.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

IVE FAILED EVERYONE (2020) watercolor on paper (11 x 17) #art #watercolorpainting #watercolor

Skulls with long spines stare at a failure as hoops slowly draw tight around their necks.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

PORTRAIT untitled (2026) wip acrylic on birch ply (18 x 24) #art #painting #acrylicpainting #portrait

Portrait, pink and red circles as background.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

AURA (2023) acrylic on cardboard (18 x 24) #art #acrylicpainting #painting

Two pinkish-red skulls with long spines face one another. They are outlined in gold.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

TWO HEADS ARE BETTER (2022) acrylic on birch ply (18 x 24) #art #painting #acrylicpainting #portraitpainting

Painting of a couple in greens on a white background.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

211 IS A JOKE (2026) acrylic on paper (11 x 14) #art #painting #karenbasslies #voteraman

A naked Unhoused with sign "Anything helps"

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

THE SCREAM (2026) acrylic on rock (2 x 3) #thescream #edvardmunch #painting #art

The scream by Edvard Munch...but on a rock.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

WOUNDS 1 (2022) acrylic on birch ply (12 x 12) #painting #art

A gash extends across the top middle if the flesh coloured piece. Spiral impressions are embedded into the flesh tones.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

THIS WAY, THAT WAY (2020) watercolor, pen on paper (5 x 7) #watercolor #painting #ideology

A pole with many heads sprouting out.

"This way!"
"That way!"
"Over here."

They say.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

FLY, GURL, FLY (2025) watercolor, pen on paper (5 x 7 #watercolor #sketchbook #ballerina

A ballerina cranes in front of Chinatown as a boy recites John 3:16 for his father's social media campaign. Teens do wheelies on e-bikes in the street.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

PABLO (2020) digital illustration #illustration #digitalart #pablopicasso #modernlovers

Pablo Picasso in his El Dorado getting calling an asshole by girls resisting his stare.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A PHOENIX (2025) watercolor, pen on paper (5 x 7) #watercolor #octaviabutler #quotes

In order to rise from its own ashes, a phoenix first must burn.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

THE LONELY THRONE (2019) watercolor, ink on paper (11 x 17) #watercolor #illustration #painting

King Charles, a boxy, tall, thin robot stands in the middle of an endless field of tiny squares. Reds, blues, and pinks, blend together in the background.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

SALMON (2023) acrylic on birch ply (36 x 48) #figurativepainting #acrylicpainting #painting #selfportrait

A turquise being sits, with gold handcuffs, in a small green box which takes up the entire frame. A vibrant pink fills the background, covered in small black circles.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

HAPPY (2025) acrylic on birch (12 x 12) #acrylicpainting #painting #happy

Lines of color,
Gold circles fill in areas
The word Happy repeats 3 times
The word Primer repeats in the deep background

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

THE BROKEN CARL (2020) acrylic on birch ply (8 x 10) #acrylicpainting #painting #fridakahlo

Reinterpretation of Frida Kahlo's self portrait "The Broken Column"

Dark greens and reds spiral in the background. The subject is in black and white. Nails penetrate the upper torso and a cage wraps around the shoulders and upper chest. A spike with eyes leans against one shoulder. The subject's eyes are missing.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

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 · 08/08/2026

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 · 05/08/2026

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 · 03/08/2026

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 · 02/08/2026

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.

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.

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 · 30/07/2026

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 · 27/07/2026

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 · 26/07/2026

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 · 25/07/2026

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 · 24/07/2026

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.

Carlos Kage stands in the middle of Eagle Rock Blvd.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

SUPLEX (2025) acrylic on canvas (12 x 12)

A collage like acryclic paints. Text, objects, and abstract shapes layer over one another.

Predominantly a vibrant pink, with a green background. Repeating circles fill the empty areas.

Text includes "LESSER OF TWO EVILS." "FIRM DECREE" "HUMAN"

A figure stands on its hands with a zero skateboard flying above. The figure's chest is missing and its heart is on the floor helping to hold the body upright.

A tiered cake featues prominently in the center with a pile of books around the base and knives stuck into the top tiers. The cake says "LET THEM"

Blood drips from top bottom of the piece.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

SYMBOLS (2023) Acrylic on Birch (18x24) #painting #painter

A map of skid row in los Angeles.

The arts district sits at the top, gold bleeds down into the map made of dark red lines, symbols, and bloody, festering wounds.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

162 D20 (HOSTILE) wip acrylic on birch (18 x 24) #acrylicpainting #figurativepainting

162 D20
HOSTILE

The label of the window of the cell of carlos kage.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

POPE PHILLIP X (2020) acrylic on birch (20 x 30) #figurativepainting #francisbacon #reincarnated

A green being sitsz slumped over in an electric chair. The being is dressed in a gold striped prison uniform, a pained but vacant expression fills their face. Their feet and calves fad me into line drawing that reveals the green room behind.

A gold grid forms the back wall reveal a window with more green outside.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

KING OF NOTHING AND NO ONE (2022) ACRYLIC on BIRCH (12 x 24) #acrylicpainting #figurativepainting

A turquise being with golden wings kneels in a cage. Their wings nailed to the walls. Handz shackled with gold cuffs to the grimy floor.

Circles form the background, spilling into the foreground nesr the lower quarter of the piece.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I'm on Fire (2020) #figurativepainting #acrylicpainting #selfimmolation #thíchquảngdức

Move girl,
like your ass on fire,
like ass on fire.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Heart 1 (2022)

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Falling Down (2020) #acrylicpainting #figurativepainting

A turquise being with gold wings falls, briefcase in hand, a contorted expression fills their face. A grid of red squares pentatates through the background into the foreground.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Nothing is Impossible (Series) #sculpture #publicart

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Time Travel Mart (2018) #environmentaldesign #creativedirector

The Fourth Dimension Door at Mar Vista Time Travel Mart. Upper doors: Employees only.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Nothing is Impossible (2017) #sculpture #publicart

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Eaton Canyon, Altadena August, 2024 #altadena #eatoncanyon #watercolor

Watercolor and ink illustration of a dry riverbed, trees, and mountain the run along the Eaton canyon trail in Altadena.

My trail since I could walk.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

#kaweco #fountainpen

Fountain pen illustration of a lake under the 5 fwy in downtown Los angeles.

CARLOS KAGE @issuevisuals.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

"CROWNS FALL WHEN HEADS HANG LOW." Kings, on kings, on kings, on kings... (2019) Acrylic on Birch 8x10

Neatly arranged, are a mosaic of King Charles skulls. They are either gold or silver, but for a single dull grey skull in the center.