Handmade With Love
“And if a double-decker bus crashes into us…”
Under the handle, Pretty Little Thieves, this LA-based artist creates a myriad of mini-canvas portraits, ink illustrations and colorful drawings portraying somber looking boys and girls. Tinted in vibrant colors ranging from pastels to primaries, each portrait is simple in concept—with saccharine facial features scribed onto each illustration—yet become complex, mesmerizing works of art through the artist’s use of color and pattern. Geometric and linear forms adorn the subjects’ cheeks and hair, with some paintings featuring simple dashes, while others take on a sea of lines that curve and swirl into lush black-and-white illustrations that pop with bits of color. Enjoy some of the lovely paintings Pretty Little Thieves whips up below.
