i'm in love with artist and illustrator stuart kolakovic, a rather young lad from england with a keen sense for visual storytelling. i actually feel a kinship with his work because some of his characters and color palettes remind me a bit of my own, perhaps with a more european bent. throughout his work there are numerous references to eastern european folk art, something that emerged after researching his own serbian heritage. however, his quirky hand and clean lines keep the work feeling modern. beautiful stuff! see more from stuart here.
i'm in love with aj fosik. this isn't a new love, but one that persists all the same. fosik is a detroit born boy who constructs painstakingly intricate 3-d sculptures using handcrafted wood pieces and vibrantly colored paint - the result is stunningly weird in a way which i truly love. it's taxidermy meets folk art meets soul creatures. and now i think i've found mine. see more of his work at the jonathan levine gallery here.
