Michael Sowa-esque Art

I love the artwork of Michael Sowa. You may recognize him from the French film Amélie.  Whimsical and surreal without being unsettling, Sowa takes a child-like imagination and fleshes it out in an adult and grown-up setting. His colors are rich. His premises hilarious.

I decided to scour Etsy.com, the best online arts and crafts community that I know of, and see how many contemporary artists followed the Sowa vein. Here are my findings. If you click on the picture, it will take you to the respective shop on Etsy.com.

Enjoy! And if you know of someone I left out, please, by all means, share!

Art Memoirs by Amalia K: Sir Rabbit

Berkley Illustration: Sea Otter

The Little Fox: Hop To It

Marisol Spoon: The Reading Room

Beaumont Studio: Alpaca With Ruff

Marmee Craft: Mr. Fox Esquire

Art by Shira Sela: Never Alone

Curious Portraits: Blue Dove Portait

Harriet’s Imagination: Art Prints by Tanya Mayers: Free As A Bird

By ekwetzel
2010-09-09

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4 Responses to Michael Sowa-esque Art

  1. Amalia k September 9, 2010 at 2:04 pm #

    Hello! Nice to be included in this great post! Thanks so much… 🙂

  2. Lisa Zador September 9, 2010 at 4:17 pm #

    What a wonderful collection, I am honored to be included! I just love the other artwork and will check out their shops. (I was already familiar with a few but what a great idea to search around and share).

  3. ekwetzel September 9, 2010 at 7:05 pm #

    ^_^ I’ll keep poking around etsy, and once I find a collection large enough, I feel a treasury coming on!

  4. Tanya aka HarrietsImagination September 10, 2010 at 12:19 pm #

    wow great article thankyou for including my art, such beautiful artwork by fellow artists 😉 x