Our favorite illustrator this week is Kaley McKean. Her art, as well as her art, is inspired by the natural world. Living in the top two stories of a Victorian home on Toronto’s west end, she shares her workspace with a cat, a snake, a tree frog, and a husband (who is also an illustrator) named Nolan Pelletier.
“I’ve never really been a minimalist in any aspect of my life and I’m not in my illustration either,” she told Ape on the Moon. “I love decorative art and I love bringing together color, texture, and pattern into something that keeps your eyes busy for a while.”
“I have the most fun looking at art that has so much going on that it seems to vibrate,” she added. “I bring cohesiveness to the work by limiting my palette to three or four colors and strive for a composition that has the right balance of energy and tension.”
Take a look.
