Marjan Vafaeian

 (Above); Elephant in Love with scissors, (Below): I want to make a dress.

 (Below) Rain is falling.

This series of 'Boxes' by Marjan Vafaeian, struck a cord because I often fall in love with empty, packaging turning it inside out making it into art like parcels and I love the titles and abstraction of the opened out shapes and interplay of artwork.
Marjan's is also beautifully Iranian work. I don't know what it is about the illustration that comes out of Iran but it has character, colour, pattern, movement and abstraction that I love.

Marjan Vafaeian III

Illustrations from Shahnamag 2014 by Marjan Vafaeian showing how fantastic results can result from the use of primitive or childish media like felt tip pens.

Marjan Vafaeian II

Amazing owl drawings by Marjan Vafaeiyan, made me recall owls by Ben Shahn. I love all of the different drawn effects Marjan has included as ways of rendering the plumage.