The High Life

Artist: Brent Doty
Series: Serialist Painting
Title: High Life Zig Zag
Size: 48" x 72"
Year: 2015 
Medium: Serialist Mixed Media Painting
 
  This one-of-a-kind Serialist Masterpiece by Brent Doty assembles celebrity stoner mythology into a bold contemporary portrait, constructed from hand-painted, cut, and layered pop-culture imagery. Referencing High Life aesthetics and Zig Zag iconography, the painting transforms counterculture symbolism into a refined serialist composition that balances humor, nostalgia, and visual authority.
 
  Doty’s serialist process turns repetition into commentary. Familiar faces, branding fragments, and cultural signals accumulate into a portrait that reflects society’s shifting relationship with cannabis—from subculture to mainstream lifestyle. The work acknowledges celebrity influence, consumer identity, and the aesthetics of indulgence, while remaining grounded in formal structure and conceptual clarity.
  Exhibited locally at Spiritleaf Dispensary on Queen Street East, High Life Zig Zag is designed for collectors who appreciate cultural relevance, wit, and contemporary edge. Ideal for female collectors, corporate and hospitality environments, interior designers, and urban condo buyers, the painting functions as a statement centerpiece and a serious, one-of-a-kind investment artwork—playful in tone, disciplined in execution, and unmistakably modern.