So...spray paint? I love it.

To illustrate more the look and feel of what I hope to achieve, I’ve gathered some images from one of my favorite artists: Audrey Kawasaki.

Yume No Ato

Oil on Wood 14.5x11
Four Dreams - Compound Gallery
2006

OctoGirls

Oil on wood 24x15
Venus - Roq La Rue
2006

If only I could get thin sheets of wood to make a translucent surface (although I’ll probably attempt to create a translucent wood-grain material). I would really like to play with the juxtaposition of textures, and duality in imagery.  I think that’s what I love the most about Kawasaki’s work – it’s hyper-sexualized and incorporates understated colors. There’s plenty of subtle detail and an almost eerie quality to most of her work. It’s great. I love it.

So...searching through Kawasaki's website, looking for further inspiration, I found another artist based out of NYC, Stella Im Hultberg. Born in Korea, then raised in Hong Kong, and later California, this artist was a product designer before breaking into the art. 

[This is where I would have posted photos, 

but due the inability to retrieve those images

this will stand in.]

I’m basically expanding on my spray painted heart piece from our “translations” installation. It’ll just be bigger.

Cited:

A U D R E Y * K a W a S a K I. Web. 09 Apr. 2011. <http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/>.

Stella Im Hultberg. Web. 20 Apr. 2011. <http://www.stellaimhultberg.com/>.