Mary Blair had a very strong modernist approach to her concept art, animation and designs with bold primary colours. Her strong use of colour and whimsical shapes used for recurring themes of characters, building and settings are what draws me back to her work constantly. There' strong movement and a sense of fun, liveliness and playfulness with her intentional paint brushes adding textures in the process, furthering the feeling of movement in a two-dimensional image. She builds her own worlds - something I would very much like to imbed into my practice. She elicits nostalgia for childhood and innocence. I love her work with Disney and Little Golden Books as those are what I associate her with, my own experiences, and the work I want to create - imbuing the concepts of characters and self-made worlds and creating whimsy and fancy,
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