Lauren Konopacki's Faves

Coffee, newspapers and sleeping bird.

27 x 37,5 cms

27 x 37,5 cms

Our local antiques store had a huge treasure trove of vintage Native American themed toys and gifts this weekend. I realized that 1) I'd owned a lot of them and 2) none of my friends had. It never occurred to me that my collection was particularly large or unique. Doesn't every kid have a fixation on this country's indigenous population? Apparently not. I love the visual language of the Navajo and Hopi especially. My Kachina doll collection was the bomb.

Vintage toys have amazingly quirky and often so-joyous-they're-creepy faces.

Colored pencil on toned tan paper

Is there anyone out there that likes Robin?

Powdered graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

looking for the sky

Giant cat hug.

this cold weather is great for hugs) check out my works on instagram @olenkarka

Pens on vintage photo.

emptiness