Small, sincere and consequential looking, pleasant, adventurous, playful, gently detailed, dreamy, extremely imaginative, like you're making seperate and sparse observations on the adventures of the little character, indulgent in fantasy and imagination, a bit sombre, matter of fact, like someone mixed Tolstoy with fairy tales. All that's how I would describe the work. I know Deth P. Sun is from America but I see myself pretty much as a citizen of the west in general, there are so many similarities and the world's so small now (also I really like Deth P. Sun). I chose it as something relevant to Britain because it reminds me of quaint, extremely British things like Beatrix Potter stories, things that have a firmly set status as make believe or fanciful but fill out their niche really well and robustly. The style used for the work represents this feeling I think, most of the paintings have the brush strokes left out and proud and they're mostly composed so the event in them looks like it's in little capsule formed by the painting, some of them look like they're in a larger dreamscapey sort of capsule like the ones that look like they're set in an infinate jungle. The style looks cartoony but the poses the characters are in are restrained and calm, also the objects look carefully considered and have just enough unique detail to feel realistic. The work is strong and bold but also careful and grounds itself just enough so it's not too noisy to bother paying attention to.
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