Embroidery / Illustration

Sofia Arnold’s Naturalistic Scenes of Wild Fantasies

Sofia Arnold

For years, I’ve mar­veled at the work of Sofia Arnold. Her nat­u­ral­is­tic scenes are wild fan­tasies fea­tur­ing a host of char­ac­ters. Look close­ly, and you’ll see women in flow­ing dress­es, small ani­mals, and ener­getic chil­dren woven in her compositions.

In an inter­view with Buy Some Damn Art, Sofia talks about recy­cling imagery and ideas in her work. It’s a valu­able prac­tice that can help your work feel con­cep­tu­al­ly cohe­sive. ” A copy of a copy of a copy might become visu­al­ly unrec­og­niz­able from the source, but I think that con­tin­ued reit­er­a­tion will even­tu­al­ly dis­till some kind of mean­ing for me,” she says.

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And here’s a lit­tle extra. Sofia sells this awe­some small patch­es in her Big Car­tel shop!

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