Etsy Find of the Day: fadefade

I'm captivated by these drawings, etchings, and monotypes from Etsy seller fadefade (aka Athens, Georgia artist and MFA student Jessica Ann Mills). There's a sense of quiet turmoil and searching in the work (such as Filled With Doubt, above, $100) that I suppose I'm especially relating to right now.

Some of my favorites:

Wanting and Waiting original trace monotype, 20 by 30 inches, $275

Speeding Out, Filled With Doubt original graphite drawing, 22 by 30 inches, $200

Passing Afternoons original trace monotype, 20 by 30 inches, $275

Here We Go, Number Two original graphite drawing, 22 by 30 inches, $175

Every Girl Needs a Virginia Woolf Dress original graphite drawing, 22 by 30 inches, $200

Her Weapon of Choice Was a Red Patterned Dress original graphite drawing, 22 by 30 inches, $175

Satellite Print etching, 7 by 7 inches, $17

Tea Before Bed Always etching and woodblock print, 12 by 16 inches, $50

Check out all of the art in the fadefade Etsy shop right here -- and see more of Mills' work here and here.

Etsy Find of the Day: Animal Etchings

I just love the deadpan expressions of the animals in British artist Kay McDonagh's original etchings. Lambchop (above), for instance, absolutely kills me.

I'd totally hang these in a spot normally reserved for more serious portraits, like the dining room or along a grand stairway, where they'd elicit a smile every time you passed.

Glamour Puss

Mad March Hare

Fat Rat

Weight Watcher

Iris

The signed and numbered limited-edition etchings are $30 each right here. And you can see more of McDonagh's work here.

(Via Another Shade of Grey.)