Well, the birds had human hands...
December 11, 2015 8:18 PM Subscribe
I'm looking for the website of an illustrator I ran across a few years ago. She is in her twenties or early thirties (I think), and draws mostly fairy tales or fantastic/surreal pieces that have vaguely sinister feel.
Her pieces are ink on paper, usually very large (like 5 feet tall, some of them), mostly black and white, and often feature birds like cranes with human hands or arms. There is often lots of tangled hair that is drawn in a similar style to this. One piece I remember was a bird, or possibly a bat, that had this tangled hair coming out of a wound in its chest. I think I saw her work on a site like thisiscollasal or maybe boredpanda. Her website header says something like "The Secret World of [name]" or "The Fantastical World of [name]". Does this ring any bells for anyone? I love her work and would love to get some prints, or at least see what new pieces she's done.
Her pieces are ink on paper, usually very large (like 5 feet tall, some of them), mostly black and white, and often feature birds like cranes with human hands or arms. There is often lots of tangled hair that is drawn in a similar style to this. One piece I remember was a bird, or possibly a bat, that had this tangled hair coming out of a wound in its chest. I think I saw her work on a site like thisiscollasal or maybe boredpanda. Her website header says something like "The Secret World of [name]" or "The Fantastical World of [name]". Does this ring any bells for anyone? I love her work and would love to get some prints, or at least see what new pieces she's done.
Response by poster: That's not it, but her work is neat too :)
posted by ananci at 9:02 PM on December 11, 2015
posted by ananci at 9:02 PM on December 11, 2015
Molly Crabapple?
posted by greta simone at 9:03 PM on December 11, 2015
posted by greta simone at 9:03 PM on December 11, 2015
Deborah Maris Lader? One of her pieces fits your description.
posted by kumonoi at 12:33 AM on December 12, 2015
posted by kumonoi at 12:33 AM on December 12, 2015
Possibly Magda Boreysza? Or at least of similar interest.
posted by cmoj at 7:23 AM on December 12, 2015
posted by cmoj at 7:23 AM on December 12, 2015
Response by poster: After many, many hours of searching, starting with your excellent suggestions, I found it! Thanks everyone :)
Caitlyn Hackett
posted by ananci at 11:12 AM on December 17, 2015
Caitlyn Hackett
posted by ananci at 11:12 AM on December 17, 2015
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posted by the webmistress at 8:43 PM on December 11, 2015