Category: Artworks

Ken Reid’s *World-Wide Weirdies* invites you into a loud, ink-splattered corner of comic history where geography becomes a punchline and the landscape itself develops a face. In this exuberant artwork, the so-called “Silly” Isles rise from the sea as grinning, gawping rock-creatures—tongues out, teeth bared, and eyes bulging with the kind of mischievous energy that…

Wind tugs at an elegant woman’s red scarf as she stands on the sand, poised between comfort and the raw weather of the shore. Her fitted blue coat and long skirt—painted with quick, confident strokes—signal late 19th-century fashion even as the sea and sky blur into a restless gray. An abandoned parasol lies in the…

Bold lettering spelling “MISTINGUETT” crowns the design, immediately setting a theatrical tone that feels made for a boulevard marquee. Beneath it, a stylized performer turns in profile with a knowing smile, framed by sweeping green plumes that ripple like stage lighting or a feather fan caught mid-flourish. The palette of soft creams, vivid greens, and…

A subway doorway glows with glossy red paint while a single black shoe lunges into the frame, frozen mid-step as if the rider is about to force their way inside. Behind the threshold stands a woman in a striking white head covering and dark robe, one palm raised in a clear “stop” gesture that turns…

A soft wash of color and negative space gives “March: Objection – Joe De Mers” the feel of a remembered moment rather than a fixed scene. The figure, rendered with warm reds and creamy highlights, sits in a quiet interior as if pausing mid-thought, one arm lifted toward the hair in a gesture that reads…

Against a deep, starry blue backdrop, Pierrot reclines in his familiar white costume, one arm extended as if finishing a flourish on a long-necked instrument. Beside him, Donna sits poised in a vivid green gown that spills across the seat in crisp, stylized folds, her profile turned with the calm assurance of a stage presence.…

A wide-brimmed hat tilts like a personal canopy, framing a poised figure seated at the water’s edge. The shoreline is rendered in soft washes and clean lines, with rippling blue suggesting a calm sea beyond. Even without a named place, the scene reads instantly as “summer by the coast,” the kind of leisurely moment that…

A lively slice of Kyoto festival life unfolds in these 1920s silk paintings, where the bustle is less about grand parades and more about the people who keep celebration moving. Vendors and attendants cluster around steaming tubs and large lidded vessels, while visitors in patterned kimono drift past, pausing to watch, chat, and sample treats.…

Bold blocks of red and blue frame a stark, expressive portrait, turning the sheet into something that feels both like a poster and a personal tribute. The sitter—rendered with strong lines, round spectacles, and a steady, unsmiling gaze—dominates the center, while the hand-drawn border gives the work a purposeful, almost institutional formality. Even without a…

Across a softly toned sheet, a hand-drawn landscape rises in layered greys and browns, with rounded clouds hovering above hills that appear stitched along their edges. A red-orange sun peeks from a valley gap, its rays drawn as short green strokes, lending the scene a hopeful, almost childlike energy. The inscription at the top reads…