{ Alex Varanese }

Here are some great stylized illustrations by Alex Varanese. And since, as mentioned before, hearing artists talk about their own work can be as intriguing (and honestly, as pretentious) as reading the back label of wine bottles, here's a quick blurb from the artist himself: "So while Luddites and hippies may decry urban sprawl and the gradual surrender of the natural world to the unrelenting empire of Big Box Wal*MartHitlerStarbucks, Inc., part of me has to thank that callous industrialization for providing a cartographic metronome that keeps the downbeats of life's runaway rhythm synchronized on the fours." Taking that into account - or leaving it behind, depending on your preference - here are a few pieces from his most recent series, Pavement Loop.


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