Critters and Creatures

Don’t be sad. I like giants. Indeed, and I like Lauren Carney Art too. There is a black humour lurking amongst the sad-eyed, rosy-cheeked characters: from a tearful giant mourning his lack of friends, to the octopus engulfing the girl (or is she a mermaid?), to the tiger-girl inadvertently gashing her beloved. These characters are tangled in the undergrowth, or overwhelmed by critters and creatures, overtaking them or zooming about their heads.

The strange inhabitants of Lauren Carney’s world wander through a pastel-coloured panorama, the sweet colours belying their unfortunate circumstances. Go take a wander through her landscape.