A RedBubble Favorite

I sell artwork over at RedBubble, and one of my many time-eating hobbies is searching through the endless pages of artwork there. I probably favorite way too often, but there's a lot of inspiring and powerful work there.

One artist I keep coming back to is HateFueled, (Paula Stirland) a female artist out of Australia. She mainly seems to work in charcoal and has honed that into an almost frighteningly good skill. Her portraits are not only acurate but passionate, soulful and expressive. I can't tell you how many times I've come back to the same piece of hers just to stare at it some more. One of these days I'll buy one.



My favorite, to this day is The Black Stripes

I'm not sure why. I think it has something to do with the fact that she's both beautiful and awkward. It always strikes me as being uncomfortable in your own skin, contorting yourself around this outward image. I'm probably looking into it too much, but hey, that's what we do.

I favorited Hatefueled early, which means I've been able to see her work over time. It's incredibly interesting watching how she's evolving and progressing as an artist. I highly recommend going to the last page in her gallery and working forward. You'll see what I mean.

I thought seeing as she's a long time favorite of mine, I'd devote a post to her. And maybe this holiday season I'll get around to finally buying a print of Black Stripes....or someone could give it to me for a Christmas present.... ;)