Just connect the wings

Kathy Crabbe, PZ7.J15317, 2013, mixed media on paper, 5 x 7”. Kathy Crabbe, Just connect the wings, 2013, mixed media on paper, 5 x 7”

I felt a strong need to get back into some figurative, cartooney work. After a recent weekend trip to Los Angeles it was the Giotto exhibit (first time ever that this many of his works have been shown together in North America). As I stood looking very very closely at one of his religious scenes I picked out all my favorite bits which turned out to be architectural; a window, a door, the ground...his brushstrokes were tiny but vibrant, loose, naturalistic...and this was in the 1300's!

Kathy Crabbe, (Detail) Just connect the wings, 2013, mixedKathy Crabbe,(Detail) Just connect the wings, 2013, mixed media on paper, 5 x 7”. media on paper, 5 x 7”.Kathy Crabbe, (Detail), 2013, mixed media on paper, 5 x 7”.

The Giant Robot Biennale 3 also proved inspirational, especially the work of Saelee Oh, a Los Angeles artist who displayed small, delicate and 'cute' watercolours of creatures and figures.

These painters made me want to paint people and scenes again and so I did the very next day - see above.

To purchase Just connect the wings please click here for my etsy shop.