Vaughn Spann's Abstract "Dalmation Paintings" Evoke the False American Dream

Vaughn Spann is an emerging visual artist who lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut. Spann specializes in creating abstract paintings that call attention to varying socio-economic issues. On view at LA's Night Gallery, his latest body of work entitled "Dalmatian Paintings" ostensibly evokes the false American dream. "Having spent his youth in a New Jersey neighborhood surrounded by Pitbulls, German Shepherds, and other aggressive guard dogs, Spann began to see the Dalmatian (to which he was ...