MEG PIE POLLARD: Gretchens Shadow, 2022

The dramatic cartoon faces in Meg “Pie” Pollard’s work blend childhood cartoons with sophisticated subject matter. The Tennessee native predominantly works across acrylic paint, spray paint, and digital mediums. Inspired by self-expression and an array of popular Pixar movies and cartoons, each of Pollards characters ‘has their own story and style with beaming colors and funny expressions’.

In addition to characters, swirl motif’s frequent the multi media artist’s work. The swirls are something I would see as a child’, Pollard tells us. ‘They’ve stuck with me ever since. Depicting and sharing them with others feels cathartic.’