Zach Johnsen

In the Realms of the Unreal

Henry Joseph Darger (April 12[?], 1892April 13, 1973) was a reclusive American writer and artist who worked as a janitor in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He has become famous for his posthumously discovered 15,145-page, single-spaced fantasy manuscript called The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion, along with several hundred drawings and watercolor paintings illustrating the story.[2] Darger's work has become one of the most celebrated examples of outsider art.
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Kathleen Lolley

"friendly skies ":aprox 11"x17": acrylic on wood:

"devil will rise" 24"x 24" : acrylic on wood:

"mew" :12"x18": acrylic on wood:

"living in the city " : acrylic/watercolor on old door:

"too much thinking":10"x10": ink on paper:

Kathleen Lolley (born 1978 in Marshfield, Wisconsin) moved to Kentucky nine months after her birth. She spent her childhood split between Louisville, KY and Pittsburgh, PA.

She attended California Institute of the Arts and received a BFA in experimental Animation. While at Calarts she experimented with hand-crafted stop motion puppets. This experience introduced her to the world of comics and sequential art. In addition to working on various commercial animations, including Nickelodeon’s Sponge Bob Squarepants and titles for the movie Willard, Kathleen has created a handful of short films.

After spending six years in Los Angeles, she moved back to Kentucky to concentrate on painting and living a simple life. Storytelling still plays a prominent role in her work. Her paintings mix the picture book-esque animals of childhood with scenes from the adult world. Folk creatures try to break the spell of day to day heartbreak. Rabbits flee from hunters, girls are lost in the woods. Giant elk stumble over towns clasping bottles, is it a remedy they hold or just a beer?

Her work can be found in small local shops and galleries across the U.S. Last year her work received international recognition by appearing in Elle & Japanese Vogue and appearing on the latest album cover of My Morning Jacket. Also she has been published in a few comic anthologies (Unicorn Mountain, Kramer's Ergot) Lolley currently resides in Kentucky where she spends her time making crafts, comics and fine art.

More recently, she did a magnificent series of paintings for Shedding’s 2nd album, “What God Doesn’t Bless, You Won’t Love; What You Don’t Love, The Child Won’t Know."


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Kozyndan

kozyndan are Los Angeles based mad scientists. they are working on a secret formula for controlled nuclear fusion, and are creating a line of edible chickens. For fun they like to take long deep breaths and dip their heads into bowls of rasberry jelly and lemon curd. They live indoors and don't paint on walls. the couple also moonlights as freelance illustrators.

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Bruno Kurru

Bruno Kurru is a illustrator and graphic designer hailing from São Paulo, Brazil who caught our eye with his quirky drawings he puts on just about anything, including chairs. He just launched a new website with links to his photos and blog, full of new work and a new print he has available for purchase!


more works - http://www.menteprivada.com/
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