Exhibition - Imaginary Menagerie 4

I've contributed a piece to the Imaginary Menagerie 4 exhibition at Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia. The show opens Friday 2nd September 2016.

Each particpating artist was invited to choose one of their favorite mythical creatures/beasts to re-imagine and interpret.

My piece centered around a blurry interpretation of the Kappa. At first I wanted to draw a literal interpretation, but everything I did looked like dodgy 80s fantasy movie fan art. So instead I looked into the possible genesis of the myth. I came across mentions of Giant Japanese Salamanders; the gifting/offering of fish; a diet of frogs; etc.

 

Artists include

Susanne Apgar, Matt Ritchie, Jim McKenzie, Nick Sheehy, Daria Hlazatova, Matthew Greskeiwicz, Jeremy Bastian, Julie Filipenko, Veks Van Hillik, Jessica Wolfert, Scott G Brooks, Jason Limon, Naoto Hattori, JoKa