Megan Whitmarsh

The world of yetis, robots, dancing girls, and crazy big mushrooms that Megan Whitmarsh creates really should be explored and not just read about. I'm bummed that I just missed her show at the New Image Art Gallery in L.A. but Illustration Play (image above) has some good stuff to check out.

Modern Yetis

Even though she still considers herself a painter (growing up she thought embroidery was boring), the texture from stitching is the element she adds that makes her work unique and makes her unreal world more real. It may be obvious from the people I choose each Monday but I have a soft spot for artists who can turn the mundane into magic. Megan's worlds are optomistic and vibrant. Her yetis are breakdancing, making music, and learning to get along.

Shangri-La

Break Dance

Reykjavik Nites II

Elf and Yeti

Mel Kadel

Secret Geyser

I've been really enjoying Mel Kadel's new works recently. For me, her drawings bring to light a child's imagined joys and weights of the world. I have a feeling that when I was younger I thought the world was as fantastic and dramatic as the one that the characters in Kadel's pieces live in (still, perhaps).

un-scared

bear face sally

grand ole fort

hearts don't break

life jacket

planting a fudge seed

Mel Kadel is orginally from Pennsylvania but lives now in L.A. with her partner, Travis Millard in a cool cabin in Echo Park. You can check it out (kinda) on Fecal Face. They are currently sharing an exhibition at the Richard Heller Gallery until March so if you are in the L.A. area you should check it out.