88 Rue Mouffetard

88 Rue Mouffetard, Paris, was the address of Hans Bellmer and Unica Zuern for 20 years. Both are fascinating artists, albeit not as well-known as other Surrealists. I used a photo of it as reference. It was a rather dilapitated hotel, which was torn down some time in the 1970s.

More on this: https://lesdentslabouche.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/88-rue-mouffetard-remarks-on-an-anagram-by-unica-zurn/
 

Ksenia reads the paper

Ksenia the feral cat-woman has learned to read.

 

 "1½ portrait" (watercolour and coffee on paper, 13x18 cm)

1913 Cityscape

Obviously I used photo reference here (of pre-war Rotterdam) but manipulated beyond recognition. Otherwise, why not just trace or worse, use filtered photos? 

Working on a new storyline involving the role of chance.