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Vile Creatures: The Art of Lindsey Carr

Lindsey Carr is an artist/illustrator based in Glasgow whose creations I find delightful. Having admired her work for many years, I love the direction that she’s taken in recent years – richer, more substantial, with bold yet translucent color. The antique, luscious, yet delicate qualities of her paintings filled with flowers, animals, and mythical beings lure the eye and enchant and refresh. Taking inspiration from Rococo art, still lifes of the Old Masters, and the naturalist illustrations of Ernst Haeckel, the gloss and glimmer of Carr’s painted world is refined as well as vibrant. Her charming, surreal, historically influenced style is eminently suited for depictions of chimerical figures such as Alkonost.

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Sempertarium

The dramatic and beautifully vivid jewelry of Saint Petersburg-based Sempertarium (by Olya Starvina) features Biblically accurate angels, bats, swords, and Victorian hands. Gothic cathedral arches are set in gemstones like glass, creating a brilliant, unique, and gorgeous effect. With their air of ecclesiastical splendor, Starvina’s jewels are both elegant and saturnine.

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