The Corrupting Spirit. Drawings by Lauren Marks

Striking portrayal of inner truth.
Mushrooms appear and recede, bones scatter, and moths circle around dismembered animals like a wreath... All this awaits you in the exquisite and grim book you hold in your hands. Its author is Lauren Marks: an... artist marked by numerous awards. With astonishing attention to detail, Lauren accomplishes the impossible, animating (or killing) various animals with her drawings, and the result is so technically perfect that it inspires awe and reverence. Birds, beasts, fish, plants, and other creatures reveal themselves in a dazzling cycle of birth and decay on the pages of this collection.