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Chelsea Greene Lewyta

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Apr 192009

Wow wow wow, so young and so so talented. Chelsea Greene Lewyta is a student at Pratt Institute for Illustration, New York. Growing up with an adopted Korean older sister, Chelsea has been exposed to much Asian culture. This is definitely visible in her illustrations. Her soft colour pallet and beautiful line work carries heavy mythical and sometimes extremely sexual and violent themes opposed to her childrens book illustrations that are completely innocent and pure. I love the constant connection Chelsea draws between nature, the animal world and the feminine, sometimes innocent and mystiacl and other times brutal and savage.

: Chelsea Greene Lewyta – Holygarden

: Chelsea Greene Lewyta – Scarf

: Chelsea Greene Lewyta – Swan

: Chelsea Greene Lewyta – Teasea

: Chelsea Greene Lewyta – Tubewave

: Chelsea Greene Lewyta – Waterdragon

: Chelsea Greene Lewyta – Cabbage

: Chelsea Greene Lewyta – da5

: Chelsea Greene Lewyta – Eastwest

: Chelsea Greene Lewyta – Oldocean

: Chelsea Greene Lewyta – Shore

: Chelsea Greene Lewyta – The Ring

Kuniyoshi - 1800's James Jean

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Apr 112009

Blogging in a sense is more about exploration then it is about purveying what you already know. It ebbs me on to find new things and what I find I share and then in turn people share their ideas and knowledge about that topic. A similar thing is happening with our Facebook Group, which has been growing steadily. People are actively discussing/sharing their favourite illustrators and artists.

Ok so yes this is how I found Utagawa Kuniyoshi. He was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints. I am aware of Katsushika Hokusai and I have posted about him. What is interesting about Utagawa Kuniyoshi is that I think that there is a correlation to the well known contemporary illustrator James Jean - (note the previous post).

Here are some of Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s art works:

: Utagawa Kuniyoshi – Uki

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: Utagawa Kuniyoshi – Triptych

: Utagawa Kuniyoshi – Yanqin

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James Jean what a brilliant imagination

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Apr 102009

I thoroughly enjoy the way James Jean takes different organic, physiological, social and emotional elements and with his brilliant imagination mashes them into this wonderful art work. Death defeating life and life defeating death. Social messages illustrated with savvy depth. Ignorant evil. Depicting our struggle through clever metaphors.

You have probably seen some of James Jean’s illustrations if so it’s always worth another look as there are many layers to his art. If you haven’t heard of James Jean you are in for a treat!