My Spirals In Love series depicts fantastic creatures spiraling in and out of love. Figures traditionally associated with children's art (magical beings, monsters, anthropomorphized animals) are often burdened with very human and sometimes adult emotions. Common themes are delirious love, loneliness, and giant desserts. My paintings are done with a 3-step process. First, I use a soft pencil to rough out vague shapes of figures, sometimes based on thumbnail sketches. Then I select my colors and apply them in stages - depending on the painting I may let each...more
