issue 7
// art
Title: the blackbird. // Artist: Zainah Usman
about the piece
| “the blackbird.” is acrylic and ink-transfer collage on canvas, layering a hand-painted iridescent blackbird over text reminiscent of a Victorian-era guidebook. The painting style is meant to feel like the bird has landed straight out of an old natural history text and into a surreal present. |
about the artist // Zainah Usman
| Zainah Usman is an artist and writer based in Fort Worth, TX, who finds magic in the everyday and the wild. Her work lingers at the intersection of keen observation and wandering imagination. She has been featured in Prosetrics and Flare Lit magazines. |
Instagram: @zainahu
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