Apricot Mantle & Jessica Ward

Apricot Mantle:

Apricot Mantle broke into the lowbrow art scene in early 2009 first showing at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in the “Everything but the Kitsch N’ Sync” show. He has since kept busy creating new drawings and custom themed frames for other shows in Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, Portland, New York and Atlanta. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Illustration from Kendall College of Art and Design.

• Website: http://www.apricotmantle.com/
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/apricot.mantle
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/Apricotmantle
• Sketch Theatre: http://www.sketchtheatre.com/?p=2867

Jessica Ward:

Jessica Ward was born in Agana, Guam in 1982. She has traveled and lived around the world because her father was an Air Force officer. As a child Ward could always be found sketching and drawing and aspired to become an artist when she grew up. She attended Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan and received a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art-Drawing with a minor in Illustration. Ward’s art work is inspired by eating disorders, which she herself has struggled with with since adolescence. Working exclusively in the drawing medium, she uses graphite, color pencils and chalk pastels on paper.

Jessica currently resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband Apricot Mantle. She had her first gallery show in 2008, and has been exhibiting her work internationally since.

• Website: http://www.jessicawardart.com/
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JessicaWardArt
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/jessicawardart
• Hi-Fructose Write-up: http://www.hifructose.com/the-blog/1575-the-art-of-jessica-ward.html

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