Jamie Reid

I have included Reid's work in my research as I really like his collage style of working, I like how his work looks kind of thrown together and random, however the aesthetic has obviously been well considered as the layout of his collages allways work. I would like to produce a collage in the same style as Reid's work featuring a freakshow theme, maybe using old black and white photos of circus performers and old advertisements and posters. I defintely think i will try and include an experimentation using collage influenced by Reid's work.

Arthur Rackham

I find Rackham's illustrations for childrens book's actually quite sinister and dark. Alot of his characters are I would say quite sinister and creepy; most of his illustrations have very dull and dark colours and his style is very realistic and would be more appealing for adults I would think. Although his work is from the early twentieth century so I understand why this is so. I think his illustrations are beautiful and very intricate, and he obviously had a brilliant imagination. I have chosen to include his work as not only do i enjoy his work, but I think it is related to my project in the sense that alot of his illustrations feature strange creatures from stories which i think links with the "freaks" in my own work. His illustrations are very fine art I would say and not what I would personally consider typical illustration. In my own work I have allways been more fine art but have started to be more illustrative, although I would defintely look at Rackham's work to influence my own style.

Thomas S Kuebler

Kuebler is a sculptor who makes life size wax sculptures featuring freaks, horrors and legends. His work includes a sideshow series consisting of a number of "freaks", an obvious connection to my project on freakshow chracters. I think Kuebler's work is extremely impressive, the wax works are realistic and detailed and must require such skill. I think his work is defintely unique and also somewhat creepy, but I find his focus on these characters is a very interesting subject. I enjoy working with my hands and am interested in sculpture and 3d work so when I found this artist his work appealed to me straight away.