Artist Femke Hiemstra's new site

Posted by David Pescovitz, January 8, 2009 10:16 AM | permalink

Amsterdam-based artist Femke Hiemstra is one of my favorite pop surrealist artists. Her phantasmagorical fairy tales entrance me with their darkness, beauty, and curious flora and fauna. I have one small original drawing and hope to someday have another piece, particularly one of her mixed media works. Hiemstra has just launched a luscious new Web site, Femtasia.

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UPDATE: Turns out, my old colleague Chris Friden created a card game using Femke Hiemstra's artwork! It's called FRED.

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#1 posted by Marcel , January 8, 2009 11:25 AM

Great link David! Bookmarked!

I'm somewhat ashamed to confess that I am dutch myself, yet I had never heared of this superb artist.

Really great stuff.

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#2 posted by David Pescovitz , January 8, 2009 11:41 AM

Glad you dig it!

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#3 posted by minTphresh , January 9, 2009 12:35 AM

david, had not seen his work before. filled with awesomesauce! does he have any books out?

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#4 posted by Marcel , January 9, 2009 2:40 AM

Mintphresh

Actualy, Femke is a frysian name usualy bestowed onto girls, so I do believe the artist in question is female.
As her website mentiones, het first book will be out in the spring of 2009. It will be called "Rock Candy" and it will be published by Fantagraphics.

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#5 posted by Raj77 , January 9, 2009 5:55 AM

That artwork is very, very reminiscent of Mike Harding's "Up the Bo Aye Shooting Pookakis" from 1980.