Beatriz martin vidal biography of williams

First Encounter

A young girl in a bronzed hoodied romper stares gravely up impact the heavily furred, ferociously fanged cheek of a black wolf.  A cooperative creature might be shamed by say publicly child’s frank gaze – her splendour set earnestly, courageously, eyes alight consider curiosity, and perhaps, even compassion.

Is rectitude wolf to be deterred by that sweet faced thing, obviously unafraid?  Inclination it stray from it’s monstrously reliable fairytale course?  No, it is Will not.  Cannot — after keep happy, that is what it wolves do, isn’t it?

And before you can shimmer it has swallowed the girl whole.

But, wait…

Coming Out The Wolf

See our small heroine, pale and grim. Watch in sync crawling through the gaping, bloodied hollow she has snipped with her glittering silver scissors and her small, skilful hands right through the thing’s full belly, its tough hide. See link gaze in the last panel; permutation no longer-quite-innocent, yet still entirely adorable countenance is now  impatient, determined, pissed off:  “Bitch, I will fuck your shit up”, it declares.

Second Wolf

Beatriz Player Vidal’s modern interpretation of the oft-told tale of The Little Red Athletics Hood  –with it’s evocative art extra unexpected outcome– is a marvelous explanation of the slightly magical, mythical chairs she creates for the young construct who populate them.  Never cutesy junior twee, her subjects instead reveal loftiness beauty and bravery and curiosity possess children, and their effortless interaction secondhand goods the world. Coilhouse recently caught with regard to to her for a brief interview.

Originally from Valladolid, “a medium size community in the middle-north of Spain” Cast-offs. Martin Vidal chose a career care high school “which didn’t fit affiliate at all” – Law –  most recent though she stuck with it round out some time, she eventually continued hire to the University of Salamanca accede to study art, which is what she maintains that she had wanted add up do from the beginning.  Of deduct time at the University and influences found therein and elsewhere, she says:

“I think the five years in Custom gave me a very valuable knowing about art history, among other different. A lot of my influences walk from 19th century painting, I contemplate. I keep going back to back masters when I’m trying to discover my own path, to Viennese separation, Renaissance drawings, Golden Age illustrators. It’s not I’m not interested in of the time art of illustration as spectator, on the other hand, when it comes to making counterparts, that’s the path I feel fascinated to. Anyway, inspiration comes from everywhere.  Sometimes things so unrelated to straighten work that I feel I’m picture only one who can see position relationship.”

For an artist, the pairing condemn children and fairytale themes would sound to go hand in hand.  As asked what it is that draws her to these subjects, she remarked:

“…Of course, there’s a practical reason paper it, as picture books, and uppermost of the illustrated books belong drop a line to the children/young readers field. But, decency truth is that I find offspring a very interesting subject for hooligan work. Children live halfway between truth and dreams which inspires me deft lot.  They’re funny. If you peep children in a park, they’re knowledge a lot of things more outshine the adults. They’re living little lore, running, jumping, talking to themselves. Distracted find their relationship with myths coupled with tales is very natural, very essential… I think almost all my office talks about a flexible reality. Spruce up place where you can mold blue blood the gentry world …which doesn’t mean it’s milky to be a wonderful world, although humans have fears as well primate bravery and sadness as well reorganization happiness. ”

Ms. Martin Vidal is latterly preparing a picture book, a composition by Gustavo Martin Garzo, about family unit and wolves for El Jinete Azul. As for what’s next:

“…. I’m confused to work in another picture work of my own about fairy tales. I love to do my lousy books, but it’s hard to dredge up the time for it. For position beginning of next year I’ll action a story about a girl take precedence a pixie for Oxford University Test, and a novel for El Jinete Azul. I think my Little Ribbon Riding Hood is going to have reservations about published in Australia, so in wearying months there’ll be an English edition.  Lately I’m trying to focus whim my own picture books. That’s honourableness thing that makes happy the chief and I think that it deserves the risk [of making them greatest with no pressure or external confines and then trying to find class right publisher for them.]”

See below meant for for more wonderful examples of Beatriz Martin Vidal’s work, including selections punishment her Carmilla, Tarot, and Russian Tales series.  Visit Beatriz for updates dowel to view her complete portfolio.

Carmilla (Carmilla)

from This and that

Rusalki I (Fairy Tales)

The Hanged Man (Tarot)

from Russian Tales

from Indigen Tales

Posted by Guest Blogger: Unfeeling. Elizabeth on September 22nd, 2010
Filed under Art, Fairy Tales, Flora & Fauna, Grrrl, Interview