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Jade Klara

Cape Town, South Africa


Posted: 3.13.10

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Jade Klara produces lovingly handcrafted work, from illustration, hand lettering to design. Through subject matter, technique and colour, her work represents strong themes of contrasting innocence, sadness, love and loss. Inspired by Japanese Kawaii, colourful South African lifestyle and classic story tales, her drawings serve to make you smile.

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Interesting worlds she’s created. Her site has a variety of styles and designs that are fun to explore. Wish there was more description.

Comment by dmgo — March 13, 2010


lovely work! bravo! i wish i could do something like tat its so creative.

Comment by janiel susans — March 13, 2010


Night floating sexy tearful little girl holding a panda, a form of surrelism; the imagination of the unconscious. And what does your unconscious say?
Bottom Image,; Oh Wow! Same surrelism where nothing is as it emms. Little girls arn’t supposed to be frightening. Oversized cats and bears arn’t lions either. Are they?

Comment by Jim Gibbons — March 13, 2010


Inventive and delightful!

Comment by Laura — March 13, 2010


wonderful pictures

Comment by Susan Howard — March 13, 2010


Amazing!

Comment by Ayan — March 13, 2010


I feel like I’ve seen these characters before a million times. Folk pop surrealism is what I’ll call it.

Comment by Philip Dahl — March 13, 2010


I love it, I just simply love it. Surreal, imaginative, and unique. This is a combination of imagination and great artistry. To top it off, the mood is absolutely complementary with the rest of this “dreamy” and sad piece.

Comment by Petey — March 13, 2010


Amazing work…and such variety for one artist. This dark chibi fantasy stuff is so in right now, but these are even richer and more serenely haunting. Kudos.

Comment by Myrcenary — March 13, 2010


Greatness! Enough said. This is someone that not only tells a great story with a painting, you also see the the amount of detail, time, and effort put into each individual painting. These can become timeless paintings. I rarely get to see good artists but its few and far between to see great ones out there still achieving what old masters had wanted to. Now normally I decide to go against with pieces that have any narrative whatsoever because they, for a lack of better words suck. A hearty hand shake to the painter over the internet.

Comment by Philip — March 13, 2010


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