Charles Hoffacker

Artist + Charles Hoffacker

Between two worlds: In one, there is freedom of thought, movement, dress. The other is regimented, military, and censored. I dine between both. Since 2004 I’ve been a policeman. I was a beat cop, narc, homicide detective, sniper and commanded a platoon. But WHO I am is an artist – living with one foot on each side; it makes for a cynical view of society. 

I need you to get uncomfortable and pissed off at my work. A train wreck. All of it is commentary on people. When you see an oil painting of a murder scene, it SHOULD bother you. We are often moved by anger. It rips us out of complacency and forces us to do something other than simply post memes and bitch about how “inappropriate that painting was”. It is inappropriate that it is HAPPENING. It is real, it is raw, and it is only a few blocks away. 

I want you to think about your emotions toward my work. Ultimately, what you get from it is yours alone, but I do have intent. Violence is so common that I have an almost humorous view of it. You knock on enough doors in the middle of the night; see enough toddler’s parents overdose; and hold men’s blood soaked hands, praying with them to a god you do not believe in until the light fades, and it all becomes boring. There is nothing sacred.

An artist’s job is to document his or her time and place. Culture, sex, race, violence, celebration, entitlement. This is New Orleans, and it is now.

NEW ORLEANS 

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Camille Barnes Visionary Design LLC
Painting
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Michael Eble Painting
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Painting
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Saegan Swanson
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Kat Ryalls Painting
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Morgan Allain Painting
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Jacques Soulas
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Gabrielle Tolliver Painting
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Sadako Lewis Painting
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Johnny King
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claire gowdy Painting
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claire gowdy
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Le Bon Temp Roule
Nurhan Gokturk Illustration / Painting
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Cathie Stuckey Painting
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Cathie Stuckey
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Spencer Schulz Painting
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Anne McLeod
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seen
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Josie Azuma
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Painting
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Ceaux .
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Transfiguration in Blue
Kate R. Hanrahan Painting
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Kate R. Hanrahan
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Mary Singleton Painting
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Mary Singleton
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Daryl D. Johnson Painting
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Daryl D. Johnson
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Sean Clark
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Emily Lovejoy
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Virginia Candler Painting
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Virginia Candler
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Mary Scinto
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Ben Hamburger
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Connie Kittok
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Malak Morgan
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Stephen Rooney
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HOUMA
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Magnolia Madame II
Rayne Bories Painting
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Rayne Bories
You Denied My Existence - James Baldwin
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Jason Van Pelt
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Bayou Diminuendo
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Emory Nolan
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Ember Soberman
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Leah Morace Painting
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George Dolgy
"Trapped"
RANNIE HOWARD Painting
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RANNIE HOWARD
Edison
Brent Houzenga Painting
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Brent Houzenga
La Mer
Charissa Owens Painting
ALEXANDRIA
Charissa Owens
"Jacob's Ladder (Marie Laveau Visits Her Tomb)"
John Turner Painting
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John Turner
Let’s Have Brunch When This is All Over
Nancy Lassen Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Nancy Lassen
Land Before Time II
Leroy Miranda Jr. Painting
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Leroy Miranda Jr.
The Golden Boat
Lee Morais Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Lee Morais
Wet Bread
Thomas Deaton Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Thomas Deaton
Awaken I
Matt Litchliter Mixed Media / Painting
NORTHSHORE
Matt Litchliter
The Homecoming
Cheryl Anne Grace Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Cheryl Anne Grace
Song Trails
Nicole Ockmond Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Nicole Ockmond
“Release”
Max Bernardi Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Max Bernardi
Nelumbo
Danielle Keys Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Danielle Keys
Banana flower 2
Katie Kut Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Katie Kut
I Wish I Knew
Catherine Walker Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Catherine Walker
Harley Baby
Rise Delmar Ochsner Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Rise Delmar Ochsner
Rose'
Brett Henderson Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Brett Henderson
Days Like This II
Cierra English Painting
BATON ROUGE
Cierra English
Past Life
Jessie Chappuis Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Jessie Chappuis
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