fiona rae
Ok yes, normally I’m a sucker for bright colors, but – oh my goodness – these greyscale paintings {oil and acrylic on canvas} take my breath away. This is the work of Hong Kong born, London based artist Fiona Rae – granted, she creates absolutely beautiful work using insanely colorful palettes too, but there is something truly poetic about the simple complexity of these B&W beauties.
Some of them look like Mickey Mouse or some other Disney character dancing and exploding in black and white flora.
yes! i saw a bunch of “people” in there too
So funny, I searched your site for Fiona Rae just a week (or so) ago, and was so surprised you hadn’t featured her…and now, here she is! The little constrained exercises where she uses 9 (sometimes 7) specific and disparate marks to make 9 very different abstract compositions, are also very cool.
I love her work!
These are so fun to look at. I see something different each time I go back to them. I also really love the energy they exude.