Souther Salazar’s work combines painting, line drawing, pen and ink and collage to create a world where lizards nap in the shade of a tree and cats form part of an orange landscape. His work involves such a variety of elements and materials and imparts a joy and sense of fun. This illustrative style is chock full of narrative and one wants to start the storytelling. “There once was a lizard who …”

Artist: Souther Salazar
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Souther Salazar is on exhibition at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York through July 23.

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