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The Art of Valery Milovic

Most of the Broken Toyland characters came to life in the late 90’s and early 00’s. A lot of it started with my series, Weeds. The visuals have to do with my love of the past… vintage toys, cartoons and such. Then came the rag dolls, patchwork bunnies and others. Broken Toyland is comprised of many endearing characters. It’s base is in behavior, emotion, situation and imperfection. While Bunny very often has a smoke or a drink (or both) in hand, this is not what’s being promoted. There’s much more going on than what might be first assumed at first glance. The anesthetics symbolize something else.

The name, Broken Toys, was inspired by the book, The Velveteen Rabbit. Read it if you haven’t. It’s beautifully touching.

I read the book every so often. And in early 2000, inspired the Broken Toys Series. The sketches started and evolved to many characters. Some of which haven’t even be introduced yet.

Valery Milovic has a beautiful mind and it is truly displayed in her work.

Broken Toy Land Website
http://www.brokentoyland.com

The Art of Elizabeth McGrath

Los Angeles-born artist Elizabeth McGrath has always had an eye for the strange beauty in the grotesqueries of life; this appreciation is nowhere more evident than in her work. Inspired by the relationship between the natural world and the detritus of consumer culture, she brings forth a new cavalcade of creatures from the darker corners of the streets, the city, the imagination. It is this melancholy interaction between man-made status symbols and suffering specimens of nature that make up her intricate body of work. Today she lives in Downtown LA with her hairless dogs Blue and King Tut, and her Husband Morgan Slade. They play together in the band Miss Derringer. [Link]

The Art of Marilyn Manson

It’s really hard to describe why I like diving into the deep end of life and also art but through the journey of life I am finally coming to terms with it. Marilyn’s art conveys that same sort of feeling. Wanting to enjoy it but something deep inside keeps you from doing so. Not saying it’s bad but that is what I enjoy about his music and art. It’s interesting how water colors can bring such beauty to a canvas but let it run a bit and the picture totally changes. Link

The Art of Tim Fraser Brown

Hello, my name is Tim. My parents wanted to call me Fraser, but my sister wasn’t having any of it…’He wants to be called Tim’ she demanded. Fortunately enough, she was right. Link

The Art of Toby Atticus Fraley

Robot 23 - Copyright Toby Atticus Fraley

While most of us see a ruler, thermos, and the odd vacuum cleaner, Toby Fraley sees more than that. As his work shows, Toby creates beautiful masterpieces such as robots out of the various pieces. Link