artists.
most are the victims, the dancing monkeys of the elite (if they can even get close to the elite) and a member of the elite club.. or born into it. BUT most are just telling the story.
Mark Ryden's art is beautiful though. weird yes but it is beautifully painted. been following it for years. before i knew about pizzagate. i dont think he is a pedophile but his art is darkly beautiful. we did look into him at pizzagate and nothing that i know of has been found. he is just an artist who found a niche that people wanted to collect.
lots and lots of artists are obsessed with the macabe, especially now since we have zombies, ghost and gore on television all the time. its their influence and they are influenced by strangeness. his work is strange.