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Rachel Fagiano’s Drawings Overflow with Fanciful Mushroom Growths

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.

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.

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drawing, illustration, Rachel Fagiano

anatomy, drawing, Giuseppe Ciraci, painting

August 13, 2014

Working in the tradition of Italian Renaissance masters, the Milan-based artist Giuseppe Ciracì creates careful renderings of human anatomy, using pencil, oil and acrylic. Many of his pieces have an unfinished feel; often the faces of his human subjects appear half rendered in a detailed chiaroscuro, while the other half is left in white silhouette, as though the artist got distracted halfway through or were merely creating preparatory sketches.

Bang Sangho’s Flamboyant, Strange Worlds

Bang Sangho, illustration, surrealism

July 6, 2017

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Neva Hosking’s Biographical ‘Personal Geography’ Drawings

drawing, Mixed Media, Neva Hosking

October 13, 2018

Neva Hosking to craft biographical drawings on scraps and unexpected surfaces is rooted in a time long before having her formal training, yet that practice has endured. This approach “built an understanding that a broken and fractured viewpoint often presents a more accurate and multi-faceted view of whatever subject needs to be explored,” she says. The result shows a prism that represents a complex, ever-changing humanity.

Sam Richwood’s Lush ‘Galaxy Garden’ Series

drawing, illustration, Sam Richwood

July 20, 2018

British illustrator Sam Richwood blends both sparse and lush details into his works. In the “Galaxy Garden” series, the futurescapes and romanticism of his scenes benefit from both approaches. The artist says that he hopes his worlds are able to “suggest a place beyond the canvas.”

Rachel Fagiano’s Drawings Overflow with Fanciful Mushroom Growths

Giuseppe Ciracì’s Mixed-Media Works Investigate The Possibilities of Human Anatomy

Bang Sangho’s Flamboyant, Strange Worlds

Neva Hosking’s Biographical ‘Personal Geography’ Drawings

Sam Richwood’s Lush ‘Galaxy Garden’ Series

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