Caitlin Hacket - Artist research

Caitlin Hacket is an American artist and illustrator, who produces very intricate, and amazing illustrations of wildlife, in a mythological and contemporary setting and style.
Hacket grew up on the West coast of California, and her early life inspired her to grow a love for nature.

She combines her love for animals and nature, with her interest in mythology, and legends, as the following illustration examples depict.

http://main-designyoutrust.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/caitlin_hackett13600_600.jpg < image reference at this link.

http://images.cdn.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/116558706/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/toxic_wolf_lowres.jpg < image reference at this link.

https://thehiddenpeople.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/hackett7.jpg < image reference at this link.

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/346/0/1/at_what_cost_low_res_by_caitlinhackett-d6xq576.jpg < image reference at this link.

I really love her traditional style of working, using such mediums as colour pencils, and graphite to produce detailed illustrations. 

She has a very surreal look about her work in the way that she creates hybrid creatures, often consisting of a random animal, and a human.

Hacket's work is very inspiring to me as surrealism is an area that I personally find interesting, and a lot of her work reminds me of Shaun Tan's illustrations, an artist who I looked at earlier on in the module.

https://crowfaceillustrations.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/112.jpg < image reference at this link.

References:
http://caitlinhackett.carbonmade.com/about

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