7. Catrin Welz-Stein

Obrazy na granicy surrealistycznego kiczu, ich rozmyta wartość artystyczna może być zarówno zaletą, jak i wadą. Alicja w Krainie Czarów i opowieść o róży rodem z Thackeraya... w ilustracjach Catrin Welz-Stein możemy przejrzeć się w lustrach różnych baśni. Mnie najbardziej podobają się alegoryczne przedstawienia kobiet niby-bogiń, z różnych epok, światów i zaświatów oraz wykorzystanie starych zdjęć, które rzucają nas nagle na brzeg o wyrazistszych konturach.

Images on the verge of surrealistic kitsch, their blurred artistic value can be both an advantage and a disadvantage. The Alice in Wonderland and the story of a rose by Thackeray... in the illustrations of Catrin Welz-Stein we can look at the mirrors of various fairy tales. I love the allegorical representations of quasi-goddesses from different eras, worlds and underworlds, and the use of old photographs that suddenly throw us on the shores of clearer contours.

5. Daria Hlazatova

Dot, dot, dot... Beautiful world of dots and spots and twisting lines. Nature, cityscapes, wild animals, people who look like they live in dreams or circus tricks. People of old, forgotten tales. Vintage reminiscences, black and white images or too bright, intense colors. Anxiety and prayers. Folk motifs and starry nights.

Daria Hlazatova

Theme: Benzaiten

Today I come to you not with an artist, but with a theme, with mythological character from Japanese and Hindu traditions. 

"Benzaiten is the goddess of everything that flows: water, words, speech, eloquence, music and knowledge. She became one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. She is also a goddess of beauty, mothers wishing attractive daughters fasted and prayed for seven days at the temple of Benzaiten.
She is depicted as a beautiful woman with eight arms with two hands depicted in prayer and others holding; sword, bow and arrow, wheel, key, axe, spear, mandolin or biwa. She is also depicted as riding a golden dragon. She carries a jewel that can grant wishes. She is the ruler of love, music, arts, inspiration, talent, wealth and romance. As a sea and water goddess she is a purifying force that protects people from the darkness of the material world. She is also a protector from earthquakes.Her festival is at the summer solstice and many of her shrines (benten-do or benten-sha) are still standing. She is sometimes called daughter of the dragon king and originally of Hindu origin (Goddess Saraswati). Her husband was a wicked dragon who she transformed."

http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/

by Nadja Turner

Toyohara Chikanobu

Holly Sierra

3. Sveta Dorosheva

Do you need color to create beautiful fairytale-like images? Sveta Dorosheva proves that not necessarily! Her meticulous illustration brings us the feeling of old-fashioned fairytales about medieval royals and beautiful fairies. Tarot and old figures might be her inspiration too. You can also find some art deco and art nouveau echoes. She likes to experiment with quirky calligraphy and mix sweet and scary elements. She is not much interested in modernity, her recent works refer to Slavic folklore. Dorosheva creates also vintage botanical and anatomic illustrations.