Somewhere
Nothing is as inspiring as traveling, absorbing brand new landscapes, colors, smells, and human geographies. When I travel, I always keep a sketchbook with me, in an attempt to capture bits of the experience.
India
An illustrated journal from traveling in south India, right before Covid. India was full of experiences, but what lingered in my mind following the trip most were the people I’ve met along the way, living their own particular lives, so different from my own.
Technique: markers and pencils
Year: 2020
Greece
An illustrated journal inspired by the figurines from ancient Cycladic Art, echoing the past of Greece.
Technique: markers and pencils
Year: 2019
South America
Hopi Kachina Figures are dolls that represent spirit beings or deities in the religious beliefs of the Hopi people, Native Americans primarily from in the northeastern part of Arizona in the United States. The Hopi believe that these spiritual entities have the power to influence the natural world and the lives of the Hopi people. This is my own illustrated interpretation of these evocative figures.
Technique: markers on an old paper
Year: 2017
Papua New Guinea, Or: The Beginning of Time
My illustrated journey to Papua New Guinea is inspired by a local creation myth, about the time when 'the earth was formed into a shape,' with nothing else beyond colonial people roaming the globe; No trees or plants, no animals, no water. From the scarcity and hunger, one day a leader rose, assigning everyone tasks: You will be trees from now on, and you will be bananas. This group will be fish, and that will be the sea. So on until the whole world was abundant with living beings, food, mountains, and rivers. A few of the people remained people, the first descendants of humanity. In my interpretation of it, I retell this as the story of a new era of prosperity, natural diversity, and plenty.Technique: Pencils and markers
Year: 2019