Loish Loish Loish

Lois van Baarle, perhaps better known as Loish, is an artist that I've admired for many years. Her illustrations are beautiful, whimsical, & often very colourful. Young women are one of her most frequent subjects, & they are almost always depicted as being happy & healthy, no weepy, twiggish girls for this artist. Lois herself comes across as a happy person, not to mention rather successful, with a masters degree in art from the Utrecht School of the Arts that she received just last year. Also be sure to take a look at the animation videos on her site.

Alice in Photographs

Abelardo Morell's photography tends to feel disorienting. He takes objects & situations that the audience is comfortable & familiar with & transforms the subject matter into something that is foreign, yet strangely recognizable, eliciting a dreamy, almost deja vu-like experience. Morell's series entitle Childhood draws up nostalgic, barely graspable, memories of being a very young child, while another series which he calls Alice in Wonderland straddles the line between reality & what it is to be immersed in a book. By viewing his photos it becomes easy to understand why his work has been a part of numerous exhibits in museums all over the world.

Stormtroopers Have A New Face

Llamas. Star Wars music. Youtube. Do you really need me to write anything else here?