Catia Chien’s Artwork • 1/5/06
I forgot how I found her site, but here’s some very cool artwork by Catia Chien. She does some very beautiful and slightly whimsical paintings of cool subject matter. There’s a foggy and ethereal quality to the artwork and some of my favorites are the ones that include animals. The painting here is from the cover of one of her cool mini books called Goodbye Gus, about a cat named Tuxedo that keeps growing and an owl called Gus.
Besides selling commissioned paintings and prints of her work in her online store, she also offers foldout books featuring her art, magnets (some of which are under the name “Read Red“) and postcards. There is some really nice stuff here.
Featured at right is a playful postcard set called “Pet Delivery”. I like the idea of these otherworldly giant pet house balloons (a kitty cat, a bulldog and a rabbit) floating around in the sky to deliver pets to all the good boys and girls, hehe! It’s like some futuristic Macy’s Day parade (or Totoro Balloon party?) but ten times better.
All of her store items are limited edition things and are handmade by her. In her gallery section you can see all the paintings and work she’s done for editorial and children’s press… there’s a lot of paintings to look at.
You can find more of Catia’s artwork at her site:
