audrey kawasaki's work is easy to pinpoint, but hard to truly describe.

there is an etherial quality that makes the work this way. her influences are easy to read though - alphonse mucha's poster art, the paintings of gustav klimt and egon schiele, as well as contemporary graffiti and tattoo art. she is able to deftly combine these disparate influences into something totally fresh and new.

although her paintings are visually simple, they captivate the viewer, bringing them back for more.

for more on audrey kawasaki, check out her website

also, notcot.com's review and pictures of her show 'the drawing room'

[also, you can click on the artists' names in the above paragraph to see work from her influences.]