Illustration; The Englishman

The Englisman. Just one of those characters.

Collage; The Dollhouse

This collage project was one of the most fun and inspiring I have done. I started with exploring my mother´s dollhouse and all kinds of odd characters elbowed their way into this strange place...It eventually resulted in an exhibition at the Art-Mirall Gallery in Barcelona back in 2006. 
http://www.art-mirall.org/

The Dollhouse

The Dining Room

The Boudoir

The Bathroom

Humberto on the balcony

Illustration; drawings for Swedish author Elisa Melin

Here is a little taste of my current project. At the moment I am preparing the illustrations for the Swedish author Elisa Melin´s upcoming collection of limericks she has written over the years. I think it will be a quite quirky little book.

Love is in the air.

Two lazy dachshunds.

A perfect day on the beach.

Illustration; The Haunting Ghost of the Lost Kilos

This is an illustration I made for the short story "The Lightness of the Inconsistent" by Italian author Alessia Biasatto. ©Barbara Taube 2010.

The Haunting Ghost Of the Lost Kilos.

Illustration; Exhibition "10 artists" at Untitled Gallery, Barcelona

In this work I played with the idea of masculine beauty that prevailed among the European noblemen during the 18th century. I wished to explore the harmony that can be found when intertwining the masculine with the feminine. 

The works were a part of the exhibition "10 artists" at the Untitled gallery in Barcelona in October 2010.

http://untitledbcn.com/wp/ Queen Jack I was also published the magazine Bcn Week issue 91, November 2010. http://bcnweek.com/

Opening of the exhibition "10 artists" at Untitled Gallery, Barcelona, October 16th 2010.

Queen Jack I

Queen Jack II

More Children´s Book Illustrations; Paula The Panda and Eddie The Elevator

In 2006 I did a series of children´s book illustrations for Mizar Multimedia/Grupo Planeta in Barcelona.   

http://www.mizarmultimedia.com/index.htm 

They were included in the children´s encyclopedia Hoobs English.

Paula the Panda with her flute-playing friend.

Eddie the Elevator.

©Mizar Multimedia /Grupo Planeta 2006. All rights reserved.

Children´s Book Illustrations; Happy Birthday!

In 2006 I did a series of children´s book illustrations for Mizar Multimedia/Grupo Planeta in Barcelona.   

http://www.mizarmultimedia.com/index.htm 

They were included in the children´s encyclopedia Hoobs English.

  

These three illustrations aim at showing how children´s birthdays are celebrated in different cultures.

Happy Birthday!

Birthday Bumps

Lucky Buttered Nose




©Mizar Multimedia /Grupo Planeta 2006. All rights reserved.

Children´s book illustrations: The Little Monster

In 2006 I did a series of children´s book illustrations for Mizar Multimedia/Grupo Planeta in Barcelona. http://www.mizarmultimedia.com/index.htm 
They were included in the children´s encyclopedia Hoobs English. Here is a pair of illustrations for a story about a bored little monster. I think he is quite cute...

Bored monster kid.

Monster kid happy again.

©Mizar Multimedia /Grupo Planeta 2006. All rights reserved.

Children´s book illustrations: The Piggy Bank

 In 2006 I did a series of children´s book illustrations for Mizar Multimedia/Grupo Planeta in Barcelona.   http://www.mizarmultimedia.com/index.htm 

 They were included in the children´s encyclopedia Hoobs English. Here is a  cute little sequence I prepared for instructing small people on how to make their own piggy bank:

Inflate a baloon.

Tear up a newspaper.

Stick the newspaper strips to the baloon.

Remove the baloon from the inside.

 Make nose and tail for your piggy with eggcartons.

Paint your pig.

Ask an adult to help you cut a hole at the top.

Start saving money!

©Mizar Multimedia /Grupo Planeta 2006. All rights reserved.

Colourful textures spotted in Rio...

The classic Copacabana pavement..

Beads at the Ipanema Hippie Fair

Leather patchwork at the Ipanema Hippie Fair

Funky wall inside the Ipanema metro station.

More weird and wonderful graffitti from the "Cidade maravilhosa"

Here are some more fantastic graffittis I saw in Rio...

Cool graffitti I saw in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 Rio de Janeiro is, like Barcelona,a really good place to contemplate weird and wonderful street-art. Here is a taste of an interesting creation I stumbled upon in the Leblon neighbourhood.