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Preview: Jim Woodring’s “YOU Drive!” at Scott Eder Gallery

Celebrated artist and cartoonist Jim Woodring (featured way back in HF Vol. 2) is gearing up to debut his latest series of oil paintings and charcoal drawings for his solo show "YOU Drive!" opening at Scott Eder Gallery in Brooklyn on January 10. Woodring fills his latest work with copious oddball characters and unexpected, humorous twists. His chaotic scenes are rife with anthropomorphic animals, biblical allusions gone awry, alien invasions, and inexplicable supernatural occurrences. Check out our sneak peek below before his show opens.

Celebrated artist and cartoonist Jim Woodring (featured way back in HF Vol. 2) is gearing up to debut his latest series of oil paintings and charcoal drawings for his solo show “YOU Drive!” opening at Scott Eder Gallery in Brooklyn on January 10. Woodring fills his latest work with copious oddball characters and unexpected, humorous twists. His chaotic scenes are rife with anthropomorphic animals, biblical allusions gone awry, alien invasions, and inexplicable supernatural occurrences. Check out our sneak peek below before his show opens.

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drawing, Jim Woodring, painting, Scott Eder Gallery

Nancy Depew, painting, Portraiture

December 1, 2014

New Jersey-based artist Nancy Depew's depictions of nature are luxurious and manicured. Her oil paintings combine traditional elements of portraiture, still life and landscape, fusing these genres into harmonious compositions filled with eye candy. Her most recent figure painting series features women reclining into beds of fresh flowers, comfortably resting their heads and bodies on their soft petals as if finding relief at long last. Though Depew's paintings prioritize craftsmanship (nearly every detail appears to be rendered with a sharp focus), she says that her process is a gestural and intuitive exploration of the figure.

Ron English’s “Sugar High” Exhibit Addresses the Issue of Overeating

painting, Pop Surrealism, Ron English

February 15, 2016

Obesity is gaining legitimacy as a health epidemic, especially in America, the birthplace of the fast food chain. But it's not a new issue for Pop Surrealist painter Ron English. First featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 12, his colorful anti-corporate and cartoon-inspired works have long addressed his interests in all things mass-produced, including food and our increasing tendency to over eat.

A Look at Gwen M.Y. Yip’s ‘Backs’ Series

Gwen M.Y. Yip, Minimalism, painting

April 4, 2018

Gwen M.Y. Yip crafts minimalist paintings that explore both themes of loneliness and the shapes and stark structures of urban environments. Based on her travels through London, New York City, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam, she’s able to show the universality of solitude in these settings. Her subjects wait for trains, walk sidewalks, and carry literal and metaphorical weights on their backs.

Svenja Maaß’s Multilayered, Surreal Paintings

painting, surrealism, Svenja Maaß

March 30, 2017

Germany native Svenja Maaß creates paintings that are understood in waves, bringing heads to turn and speculate on each’s interworkings. Creatures seem to exist on differing planes than other components of the piece. Or as one gallery says, she describes her methodology “as a process which forces her and us to rethink again and again. Only slowly are things allowed to grow together.”

Preview: Jim Woodring’s “YOU Drive!” at Scott Eder Gallery

Nancy Depew’s Sensual Portraits of Nudes Surrounded by Lush Flora

Ron English’s “Sugar High” Exhibit Addresses the Issue of Overeating

A Look at Gwen M.Y. Yip’s ‘Backs’ Series

Svenja Maaß’s Multilayered, Surreal Paintings

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