We now present the third entry in our ongoing series, “If You Like...” In this series, PopDrawer will profile an emerging artist by crassly comparing them to two other possibly more well-known artists. So, if you like A and B, we bet you’ll like...
Today’s If You Like -- If you like Charles Addams (creator of legendary comic The Addams Family) and Golden Books, you’ll probably like Stephan Britt, AKA S. Britt.
PopDrawer likes to check in with Mr. Britt’s website and blog every so often to see what this very funny, very talented artist has up his sleeve, whether it be new illustrations for Target, a new t-shirt (get ‘em before they disappear!), or just a new entertaining blog post. Mr. Britt’s influences are for the most part cartoonists of the mid-century, and his work is nostalgic and sweet.
And if you’re looking for great, inexpensive tees (like, say $14), Mr. Britt never disappoints! Just click on his store and buy, buy, buy!
S. Britt - www.sbritt.com
Sunday, February 3, 2008
If You Like... Number #3 - Stephan Britt (AKA S. Britt)
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
If you like... number 2. Ronald Kurniawan
If you like Jeff Soto, then you’re sure to like Ronald Kurniawan, Yet another graduate of L.A.’s local genius factory, the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Mr. Kurniawan has been showing up in a lot places lately, including covers of the L.A. Weekly. Combining surreal images of gigantic creatures (often enormous letter-monsters) in classic landscapes that remind us of the Naturalism and Realism movements in 19th century American. The result is eye-popping, lush, and often very funny.
Unfortunately I have not seen Mr. Kurniawan’s work for sale many places (he had a piece in a recent group show at Billy’s Shire’s trend-setting La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles), but we hope to see more soon. We’ll let you know right away if he has a show!
Ronald Kurniawan's site - http://www.ronaldkurniawan.com/new%20frameset/frameset.htm
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
"If You Like", number 1 - Art and Ghosts, AKA Louise
We now present the first of an ongoing series, “If You Like...” In this series, PopDrawer will profile an emerging artist by crassly comparing them to two other possibly more well-known artists. So, if you like A and B, we bet you’ll like...
Today’s If You Like -- If you like Dave McKean (covers of Sandman graphic novels) and Marion Peck, you’ll probably like Art and Ghosts, AKA Louise.
In general, PopDrawer doesn’t plan on profiling artists who we know so little about too often, but we are way too intrigued with Louise of Art and Ghosts’s work to pass her by. We don’t even know her last name, but her art is mesmerizing. Art and Ghosts is both a blog profiling the enigmatic Louise’s work, and a shop at Etsy.com selling her wares. She describes her pieces as “fine art prints and photography, digital imagery and collage.” In her words “The majority of my images are inspired by fairytales, dolls and dreams (nightmares, too, are a prominent feature!;)”
Her work is full of haunting, wintery Victorian and Gothic images of little girls, furry animals, and little girls with furry animal heads. It’s somehow frightening and funny all at once. PopDrawer was immediately struck by both the classic fine art technique of her images and the eerie but beautiful subject matter. Here originals are ridiculously cheap at around $50-$60, her limited editions are about $30, and her prints are a steal at $20. But we would go with an original -- where can you get an original for $60?! This is a great way to start an art collection on a budget. PopDrawer predicts a that Louise will be getting a lot of attention in the future. Hopefully by you. Check out her work!
Art and Ghosts official site - http://artandghosts.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Art and Ghosts Etsy shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5032864
