Above: Illustration for Flow Magazine  Above: Surface design for Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum  Above: Art for K&Company  Above: Personal work  Above: Personal work
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Meet our artist, Macrina Busato and view her gorgeous work! In less than a year, we've gotten her work with Food & Wine, Flow Magazine, Family Fun Magazine, Selvedge Magazine, a book cover & interior spots, hospital scrubs, greeting cards, table linens, scrapbooking papers, and tons of greeting cards.
Q: You use a lot of amazing vintage ephemera in your work. How has your background as an anthropologist been useful to your art career?
A: Collecting things runs in my family and I've been doing it my entire life. As an Archaeological Conservator for museums in Spain, I learned a great deal about buying and researching historical documents and images. So now when I go to flea markets or old book stores in my country or Europe, it's like a treasure hunt. I'm excited to discover new color palettes and textures along with nostalgia about other times. My motivation for searching includes botanical, technical and scientific children's educational books, fashion and more. Obviously there is no glue involved when working on collages. I have enormous respect for old documents, so I prefer to scan them and work on them on the computer!
Above: Personal Work, available for license
Q: How would you describe your style? A: I work as surface designer, product designer, artist, illustrator and researcher in Decorative Arts History. It's like living in different worlds, although related.
Above: Illustration, collages and handmade jewelry
inspired by the "Gauguin and the Voyage to the Exotic"
for the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.
Q: What was your favorite illustration assignment? A: I loved illustrating a book of sounds and traditional songs for teachers to assist in developing early language skills for babies (UNED University), because it has become a useful tool for special needs children and speech therapists.
Above: Stationery for The Art Group
Q: What do you do in your spare time? A: If I ever have a free moment, I love to play with my son, share time with my husband and family, read, walk, cook, entertain, learn new things, browse old markets and antique shops.
Above: Macrina in her studio |
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Contact our agents to see a gallery of the newest artwork
or to discuss your image needs.
Susan McCabe 781 888 3191 susan@lillarogers.com
Jennifer Nelson 617 299 9457 jennifer@lillarogers.com
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