Paul Romano is a fine artist and designer working and living in Philadelphia. Romano’s work spans many mediums and aesthetics, nodding to art history and imbued with abstract narrative. He has worked with many aggressive bands across multiple albums, including Mastodon, dälek, Hate Eternal, The Red Chord, and Withered to name a few. 

“Continent” acrylic on panel, 24" x 24”

Back in 2008, I created a narrative to go along with the Acacia Strain’s album “Continent”. This was the cover, modeled after Caspar David Friedrick’s “Wanderer above the Sea and of Fog”. I reference him and this painting often. Our protagonist, that I named Kid Apocalypse, surveys this big party as all his guests lay waste to our world. As long as human’s have been around, I believe we’ve had the end of the world on our minds and the visibility that we now have thanks to technology, it would seem like the end is just around the corner.

Available as a museum-quality Giclee Print in four sizes.