Abel Burger

Painting 'Moonshiner' by Abel Burger. Abel Burger (b. 1982) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice ranges from oil pastel and drawing to video works and written essays. Strongly influenced by the artistic movements of the 1990s, Burger was a central member of the Parisian underground scene, authoring texts on gender and identity, and developing video work series. Burger’s work has been exhibited in numerous solo shows across Europe and the US,he lives and works in Port-Vendres, France. 

 

Hazel Terry, Folktale Week 2023

 

I have not finished this image as I write, the image below will be it completed. This LRRH creation has been odd, its inspiration was a miss (visually) read greetings card of a cat. Miss-seeing things is always interesting and I tried to keep the misunderstood image in my head.

This is my second ink drawing and it turned accidentally into a hairy (rotten?) apple and so my intention is to make Little Red the pip. 

I like these happy accidents and I like the imagery of the wolf as temptation and that whole sexual dynamic and blame game being turned on it's head. My excuse for creating these is that it is Folktale Week and todays prompt is ink. 

Lost

I am attempting to complete #folktaleweek this year, my first two illustrations for the prompt of 'Lost' involved barn owl feathers, because I have a collection of them and they are so beautiful, and because I wanted a different forest. However I also have some magpie feathers and I wanted an even darker interpretation and so returned to my old favourite folktale Little Red Riding Hood. 

 

Mark McGowan

Big Bad Wolf by the artist taxi driver, Mark McGowan.