Carpet Cowboys
Carpet Cowboys

Illustration

Carpet Cowboys

Some people dress themselves to portray intricately thought-out characters and personas.

Family Pet
Family Pet

Illustration

Family Pet

Even the tamest, most domesticated of creatures is still wild at heart.

Hermit
Hermit

Illustration

Hermit

An individual copes with the pressures of life by retreating into their own body. Painted well before the start of the pandemic!

Orchids Collection
Orchids Collection

Illustration

Orchids Collection

A new category of fashion arises featuring designs which disable facial recognition technologies.

Queen of the Night
Queen of the Night

Illustration

Queen of the Night

Rituals and ceremonies are formed around ordinary everyday events. Medium references the folk art paper-cutting style of "scherenschnitte".

Sleepover
Sleepover

Illustration

Sleepover

Young girls succumb to the cult of self-improvement, striving for an impossible ideal.

Star Walk
Star Walk

Illustration

Star Walk

The belief that grand-scale cosmic forces control our lives is both comforting and frightening. Visually references ancient monumental land art as well as folk art quilts.

Wodewose
Wodewose

Mixed Media

Wodewose

A prim, well-mannered young lady dreams of a wilder life. Multimedia work referencing the folkloric figures of "wild men" or "wodewose" as they were called in Middle English.

Work by

Varvara Nedilska

illustration, fine art, printmaking

“My 2020 OCADU illustration thesis is titled "Cyberfolk". ...” [More]