The Vibrant Illustrations of Alex Heywood

The work of illustrator Alex Heywood puts an otherworldly spin on the everyday. His creatures, even without a stated backstory, are entertaining and often humorous, with much of the quirkiness found in the details. The Scotland-based artist is a graduate of the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design at University of Dundee.

Much of the artist’s recent posts on Instagram seem to be concerned with the natural world. The artist’s isolation of certain components in these larger pieces allows viewers to see the aspects otherwise missed.

See more of the artist’s work below.

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Alex Heywood, illustration, Pop Surrealism

exotic animals, illustration, Jaw Cooper, La Luz de Jesus Gallery

August 4, 2015

With her most recent series, "Viscera", exhibiting this weekend at La Luz De Jesus gallery in Los Angeles, JAW Cooper creates intricately detailed mixed media paintings that stir up a sense of adventure and wonder. Rendering figures with graceful, technical lines and vivid, enchanting color, Cooper's dreamy illustrations show people an imaginary archaic culture that seems foreign, but still familiar. Surrounding the figures are luscious worlds filled with exotic animals and luscious plant life than seem to live on the outside of the page.

Rachel Fagiano’s Drawings Overflow with Fanciful Mushroom Growths

drawing, illustration, Rachel Fagiano

January 2, 2015

Rachel Fagiano subsumes her characters in copious fungal growths that tower over them like enormous headpieces. The artist draws with a combination of micropigment ink and graphite on paper. Her colorful, trippy-looking mushrooms stand out against the white backgrounds. Fagiano's characters seem to be in constant conflict with one another, though it's unclear for what reason. They pinch, hit, and choke each other in a blind rage — perhaps hinting at the senselessness of violence. Her work evokes that of Chinese artist Zhou Fan, whom we covered on the blog previously here.

Gary McMillan Guides an Expedition in ‘Galapagos’ Series

Gary McMillan, painting, Pop Surrealism

December 31, 2018

In Gary McMillan’s “Galapagos” series, the painter guides us into alien ecosystems, inviting viewers along as explorers to make any observations they can from the creatures and activity there. The work is rooted in the artist’s interest in both science and art. And McMillan says he is “interested in how one makes sense of new things through remembered experience of the familiar.”

John Jacobsmeyer’s Paintings Ring of Nostalgia, Imagined Worlds

John Jacobsmeyer, oil painting, Pop Surrealism

February 2, 2017

John Jacobsmeyer’s oil paintings on aluminum recall nostalgic and imaginative experience, using wooden backdrops and technology-inspired shapes. These works at once feel aged and modern, and while humor runs throughout his recent works, several ring of sincerity and vulnerability. And a few others have skeleton warriors. Jacobsmeyer has cited Gene Roddenberry, Nietzsche, David Lynch, and Mary Shelley as influences.

The Vibrant Illustrations of Alex Heywood

JAW Cooper Paints Exotic New Worlds in Her Mixed Media Series “Viscera”

Rachel Fagiano’s Drawings Overflow with Fanciful Mushroom Growths

Gary McMillan Guides an Expedition in ‘Galapagos’ Series

John Jacobsmeyer’s Paintings Ring of Nostalgia, Imagined Worlds

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