Blue Dream - Watercolor, Pencil, and Pastel 42.5'' x 23'' Férial was born and raised in Algiers and has lived in France since the age of 15. Her iconic works in watercolor, pencil and pastel owe much to the years she spent working as a graphic designer and to the American culture she’s revered since her youth. Each piece evokes the elegant, sweeping compositions of meticulous movie poster designs. However, where our eyes expect to find titles or actors’ names, Férial deploys verses by Beat poets and rock musicians from the 60’s and 70’s.

The resulting aesthetic is tinged with the warm, worn hues of nostalgia, yet always features a character (exquisitely portrayed in a style reminiscent of comic books) looking defiantly into the future. Férial’s charming, rich and fascinating works balance these opposite tendencies by offering the romantic Beat imagery of the open road.

Each visionary illustration pictures one or more figures on a rootless journey, contemplating the endless possibilities of travel, discovery and the mysteries lying in wait over the glowing horizon.

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