All Posts: Show All

Rapp Artists Are On Trend in 2023.

Posted on

Above: Taylor Callery

From digital photo-collage to physical paper sculpture, alternative mixed-media illustration has surged in popularity. Case in point: Rapp Artists. Artists in the group like Nadia Radic and Stephanie Dalton Cowan utilize existing photography to create narrative illustrations on array of subject matter. Zara Pickens, for example, utilizes simple graphic shapes in cut paper to tell the story. One theory about all this is that during the pandemic when photography shoots were shut down, artists and photographers found new ways to keep working by combining  existing photo imagery with illustration techniques.

“It goes to show that artists are always solving problems and pushing boundaries, and the definition of illustration is ever-changing”, says RappArt Rep Nancy Moore. “Mixed media illustration makes a unique impact.”