brettisagirl

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Chicago based artist and illustrator, available for commissions, gallery shows, etc.

I love to draw and I draw what I love. My work reflects my personality and the things that are most meaningful and sentimental to me. Man-made vs. Nature and the connection of all living things are common themes I enjoy illustrating. Combining that with my passion for texture, balance, pattern, fashion, and femininity, my work can become quite surreal and dream-like. Charming juxtapositions and fantastical, sometimes made up symbolism and allusions dwell within most of my art, but telling a story though my work is not a high priority, rather I find it more interesting when the viewer creates their own meaning. It is also not my intention to create an exact likeness, rather, while drawing a portrait, I try to capture their essence, what I believe to be his or her most pure, and enlightened, even awkward form. Drawing is very meditative for me, and when I am creating, I feel calm and at one with my surroundings, specifically with the art work, thus it becomes part of me, almost like a view into my brain at any specific moment, and strangely autobiographical… Ink and colored pencil have become my medium of choice, but I also work with graphite, oils, and watercolors when the mood strikes.

... It’s pretty simple…. But very complex…. And completely absurd.

I also love coffee, chocolate, cats, and 1960’s tunes.

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Publications

Cheap Magazine, fall 2009
Front page of Myspace U.K., October, 2009
Beautiful/Decay’s website, October 2009
BangArt.com, October 2009
Blanket Magazine, Issue 17
Fecal Face Mini-Interview, July 2009
Mint Magazine, July 2009
Sideroom.com, July 2009
Juxtapoz.com Reader Art, June 2009
Chicago’s 33 Collective online gallery, 2009
Title Magazine, Spring Issue, 2009
Betty Magazine, Spring Issue, 2009
Carpaccio Zine, Issues 2,4, and 5
I&D Zine, Issue 2
Antler Magazine, Issue 2
MODA Fashion Gazette, Issues 3,4, & 5, 2007

Shows and Activities

1988 Gallery, Jan. – Feb., 2010
Black Maria Gallery, Oct. – Nov., 2009
The Chicago Fine Arts Building, Sept. 2009 & Sept. 2007
Thr3e Birds Gallery, Aug. – Nov., 2009
Merchandise displayed at Lenny & Me, April – Now
Participated in Chicago’s Spring Show Art Fair, April, 2009
Winner of Best in Show for Fashion Design at
The Illinois Institute of Art’s Graduate
Portfolio Show, Dec., 2008
FAME 2008 Fashion Show participant, April, 2008
Humbolt Duplicate Show, Sept., 2007
Trout Lily Cafe, Aug. – Sept., 2005