2 girls, one glove, hug

'venice girl' painting in progress

sinking / emerging

venice girl

juxtapoz.com

it was really cool to have my work featured on juxtapoz.com, curated by artist hannah stouffer (who was a fellow illustrator for a rocket dog shoes ad awhile back.) thank you!

Giraffe Girl

My new vector drawing "Giraffe Girl" for my Circus series.

Women are treated like circus animals.
We have to preen and pose and jump through hoops looking perfect our entire lives.
We are valued for our appearance, our uniqueness. How do set ourselves apart and also fit in at the same time?
That is the box we are made to fit into from the day we are born.
We are forever contortionists, twisting our bodies into unimaginable shapes, with no thought for our well-being.
We are malleable like clay, we are flexible to the point of self harm.

3x3 Illustration Directory out now

"Betty" and "Tomomi do Kazuko" are in the current 2012 3x3 Illustration Directory, out now.
Thanks to Charles Hively for including me.