Artists Who Make Me Consider A Business Degree

To start my blog off on a high note, I bring you the first in my ongoing series “Artists Who Make Me Consider A Business Degree”

I plan to bring these to you from time to time as I find them. Starting off our series is Audrey Kawasaki, as described on her site:

The themes in Audrey Kawasaki’s work are contradictions within themselves. Her work is both innocent and erotic. Each subject is attractive yet disturbing. Audrey’s precise technical style is at once influenced by both manga comics and Art Nouveau. Her sharp graphic imagery is combined with the natural grain of the wood panels she paints on, bringing an unexpected warmth to enigmatic subject matter.

The figures she paints are seductive and contain an air of melancholy. They exist in their own sensually esoteric realm, yet at the same time present a sense of accessibility that draws the observer to them. These mysterious young women captivate with the direct stare of their bedroom eyes.

My take on it is that this stuff is just simply mind-blowing… and it makes me wonder if I should just quit now.