Rachel Goodyear Graduated in Fine Art from Leeds Met in 2000, since then she has become a very successful illustrator, illustrating numerous publications, such as The Drawing Book. However Goodyear’s drawings are somewhat uncomfortable to look at, challenging your perceptions of what your feel is both acceptable and normal. This ability to enable to viewer to question their own experiences is perhaps what makes her such a successful and interesting illustrator.
“Nothing is at home in these works, as if the world had been tapped lightly and everything had stumbled into unfamiliar positions” Dave Beech, review of We Will Cancel Your Membership and You Will Owe Us Nothing, Untitled Magazine, # 35, Summer 2005.
It is always good to be reminded that to catch someone’s attention it is sometimes necessary to step outside both their and your comfort zone, and to challenge beliefs that you may hold with regards to both design and the wider world.
“Nothing is at home in these works, as if the world had been tapped lightly and everything had stumbled into unfamiliar positions” Dave Beech, review of We Will Cancel Your Membership and You Will Owe Us Nothing, Untitled Magazine, # 35, Summer 2005.
It is always good to be reminded that to catch someone’s attention it is sometimes necessary to step outside both their and your comfort zone, and to challenge beliefs that you may hold with regards to both design and the wider world.
I saw an exhibition of her work in Manchester earlier this year, she uses very bizarre subject matter but the attention to detail style she uses draws you in without you even realising what you are looking at.
ReplyDeleteThey can be a bit uncomfortable to look at to be honest, very talented though.