The Art Love Affair
Eve Devore is a Brooklyn-based fine artist and illustrator. Using different media and art techniques she captures beautiful and chaotic life in New York and her travels.
One of her favorite themes to explore is human personality. The concept of project ‘humanizing owls and owlizing humans’ is that we are all wonderfully unique and sometimes we forget to celebrate out individuality. She wants her art to bring a sense of appreciation to people, a sense of being noticed and emphasize each person’s special quirks and qualities.
What would Frida Kahlo or Albert Einstein look like in an owl form? Is the Yogi owl secretly my incredibly talented yoga instructor? As a chronic people watcher she frequently catches herself fabricating stories behind the fascinating personalities she sees on a busy New York street, during her morning yoga class, or at the farmers market. She has even, on occasion, caught herself turning the entire subway car into an owl convention.
“Most of all, the owls are my own perceptions and scrambled thoughts that I put to canvas in hopes to unscramble them. They are my own story and my wayward take on the wonderful, beautiful, intriguing characters that - in one way or another - come into and influence my life.”
"For as long as I can remember I have had my fingers wrapped around a drawing utensil. From lipstick art on my mother's vanity mirror, to nail scratch designs on dresser - I had from very early on, designated myself to create art, be it at any cost, with any tool..."
