Watercolor. The chupacabra, aka goat-sucker, is one of the most recently-discovered cryptids. It caused an uproar in Puerto Rico in the mid-90’s as a lizard monster and quickly besieged the mainland in mangy coyote-hybrid (and punk rock) form. I thought there should be art recognizing its island origins. チュパカブラ（ヤギをしゃぶる物）は最近発見された未確認動物です。９０年代にトカゲのような怪物でプエルトリコで騒動を引き起こしたり、そして大陸を雑種コヨーテのような格好で攻撃したりした。 Hanae Rivera.
Woodblock print. Loki’s Wager: The Trickster saves his head arguing semantics but loses some dignity to the Dwarf Brokkr, who sews shut those lying lips. And though Loki has just won the Gods 6 legendary prizes, including Thor’s Hammer Mjolnir & Odin’s Spear Gungnir, oh, how they laugh at his expense.Sif’s new Golden Hair bounces … Read more
Oil pastel on paper. A yokai usually pictured with a single large eye and momiji tofu in hand.
Woodblock print. An unusual multi-being yokai: one to topple, one to slice, and one to mend. And all in the blink of an eye, so that the victim is left wondering just how they got this mysterious little wound.
Ink. Have you heard of Aqua Tofana? The dark story of the potion from real Italian history has long beguiled, as it’s a true story of feminine (and some say darkly feminist) mass poisoning! A 17th century black widow secret society, wielding an arsenic-based poison, sold by 3 generations of murderous bitches, successfully killed around … Read more
Acrylic on canvas, 91x46cm The Juniper Tree: A uniquely long and touching Grimm fairytale.
