Part 2 Project 5 Research point

Contemporary artists who include animals in their work.

Kohei Nawa

Nawa is a Japanese artist who has recently produced a series called PixelCell (2009 - ).  These images use taxidermy animals including deer, cheetahs and coyotes.

PixellCell rabbit - Kohei Nawa

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/09/glass-pixel-cell-rabbit-by-kohei-nawa/

The taxidermy rabbit was covered in transparent beads.  Nawa says of his work "by covering the surface of an object with transparent glass beads, the existance of the object itself is replaced by 'a husk of light', and the new vision 'the cell of an image' is shown." 

There are lots more, some with colour:

Toy bird - Kohei Nawa
https://artsy.net/artwork/kohei-nawa-pixcell-toy-bird

I'm not at all sure I would want to work with taxidermy animals but the approach is certainly original.

Jackie Morris

http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/

I happened across this workshop on the internet and it highlights the very specific stages Jackie Morris goes through in the creation of her illustration.

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2013/oct/04/how-to-draw-hares-jackie-morris

The Golden Hare - Jackie Morris

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2013/oct/04/how-to-draw-hares-jackie-morris

When I looked further I found that Jackie has illustrated books for both children and adults and that some of her work is quite magical.

Jackie Morris
http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/kids-need-read-usa/jackie_morris_lrrh_blog-2/

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Jackie Morris
http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/help-musicians-calendar/5h/

Nolon Stacey

http://www.nolonstacey.com/section378791.html

Quite different is the work of Nolon Stacey.  This self taught artist uses graphite pencils to render wildlife in very believable situations.

Otter - Nolon Stacey
http://nolonstacey.smithykettlewell.com/otter/

The images take many hours to complete.

Hare portrait - Nolon Stacey
 http://nolonstacey.smithykettlewell.com/hare-portrait/

It's hard to think these are pencil drawings - they look like photographs.

http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/help-musicians-calendar/5h

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2013/oct/04/how-to-draw-hares-jackie-morris

http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/kids-need-read-usa/jackie_morris_lrrh_blog
http://nolonstacey.smithykettlewell.com/home
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/09/glass-pixel-cell-rabbit-by-kohei-nawa
https://artsy.net/artwork/kohei-nawa-pixcell-toy-bird