A little splash of colors
The other day I was talking to the new contractor Jonathan. On his desk was a tiled coaster featuring the illustration of one of my favorite artists, Jenna Colby.
Jenna works on different media: paintings, crafts, sculptures, toys, wearable… A child-like character lives in the world of Jenna’s arts. The character has a Zen-ish quality as she encountering other creatures or lost in her own thoughts.
Perhaps it’s the character’s insect looking profile, her unreadable expression, or Jenna’s painting styles that blur our perceptions between illustration and watercolors, there is a subtle eeriness that tuned down the cuteness and brought serenity to it.
I made a little happy noise and told Jonathan how much I like her works. Jonathan told me he became friend with the artist and ended up with bunch of her coasters. The next day, he brought a pile of coasters in and let me pick one to keep.
This is the best gift I have received from fellow colleagues. Yellow sticky notes were my coasters since I started at BFG. Jenna coaster has definitely added a splash of colors to my monochromatically black office desk.
Tags: art, illustration, work