May 08/ Peculiar Creatures, Charming Beasts

Delaney Jane Larson (Above)

Tara Klamrowski (Below)

Peculiar Creatures, Charming Beasts
Delaney Jane Larson & Tara Klamrowski

"Plane Jane" is a world created by a very curious girl, me, Delaney Jane Larson. Primarily working with gouache, ink, and collage, I concoct curios ruled by nonsense, love, unexpected reveries, and wishes. Myriad peculiar creatures and charming beasts live in simple spaces, where they find themselves in absurd situations. I use familiar iconography as a language for the characters, and employ a limited color palette to counterbalance the situational idiosyncrasies. White creates simple dreamscapes and evokes a childlike innocence.

My process is ever changing. Every piece is conjured from games I play, built on ridiculous scenarios, silly poems, and outlandish narratives. I play with the collaged elements like puzzle pieces. The pieces are connected through pencil sketches, and completed with ink and gouache. The result is a world where clouds are summoned from the wool of ornery sheep, the moon may sprout legs for a midnight stroll, and reports of a troublesome chicken-fish are commonly heard.

Delaney Jane Larson was born in Colorado, and then moved to New York to attend the School of Visual Arts, where she received her BFA. Larson currently lives and works in New York. Larson’s work was a recent feature in an art publication, “Milk Magazine”, released in Hong Kong. More information about Delaney Jane Larson can be found on her website at www.planejaneproject.com.