By Jean Barrie

Biographical Statement: Perpetually frazzled, the artist survives off of nicotine, caffeine, and desperation. They may be a cryptid according to their neighbors. What happens when a possum learns to draw? Now we know.

Artist’s Statement: This piece was for a book that didn’t pan out, though I still intend to use it someday to avoid drawing at least one cityscape page again in my lifetime. Perfectionism gets in the way of me finishing work, so I’ve developed a method of finishing art that bakes flaws intrinsically into each panel of a page. It’s a lot easier to get things done if the flaws become a feature rather than a bug.