If he has spent most of his career painting, Shane Wheatcroft has specialized in collage and screen printing in recent years. Based in Kent, in the southeast of England, he collects the images used in his work from vintage magazines, old books, stamps, coins, and any interesting bits of ephemera he can find. The artist’s portraits are like a window into the psychology of the subjects depicted, allowing the viewer to read through them like an open book. Here, if one eye is generally left in its place, the rest of the face is made up of unusual elements…

To discover more, visit the artist’s Instagram account or his website.