Illustrator Rebecca Green has perfected pink cheeks and red noses. Using delicate brush strokes and subtle coloring, she constructs a world that is full of dreaming, wistfulness, and a lot of celebration. I think I most enjoy her painting. The strokes and…
Illustration is a form of problem solving. You take an article, a creative brief, etc., and apply your unique lens to the problem. Some illustrators have a style that is very distinctive and generally looks the same. Not everyone chooses…
Emily Haasch is a collage artist and designer living in Chicago. Her general collage aesthetic is minimal and controlled, with bursts of gesture and sometimes mayhem. A photograph or carefully cut paper is often joined with paper that’s been torn…
Happy Monday, ya’ll! And how about those Ravens, huh? I wanted to extend a huge THANKS to you for your patience over this past week. I had some irritating technical issues to deal with (and am still dealing with), but…
The water-based media that Ching Ching Cheng uses in her work takes advantage of its properties, creating bursts of washes and some whose shapes call (to me) of ships and ocean life. Despite this, she states that her work has…
You are most likely no stranger to the illustrations of Matte Stephens. He has worked for many large clients, including Herman Miller, NPR, and Chronicle Books. A fan of vintage-esque illustrations, I am captivated by his muted palette, lively scenes,…
Much of Naomi Kolsteren’s work focuses on small moments, be it abstracted or not. Texture is an obviously important part of her portfolio and takes various forms. Naomi looks to be using it via photography, collage, ink, and more. All…
A former urban planner, Kathryn Clark is very aware of the foreclosure crisis that is happening in the United States right now. Her series, Foreclosure Quilts pairs quilts with this crisis, and interestingly ties home ownership with the handed down…
With a mix of the highly rendered and stylized, Paula Duró provides us with land where the supernatural is possible and florescent colors are apart of the natural landscape. The Argentinian-based artist paints extremely narrative works, a lot of which…
On Monday, I was walking around campus and took a peek inside a student gallery in the Bunting Center, the Pinkard Gallery. There, I saw Anna Queen’s solo exhibition, Structure. Anna’s work resides in a den of simplicity, with ceramic…