Zanna Magazine Issue One

Issue One





Contributing artists:
Peter Sierpinski
Tim Fowler
MaggieMagoo Designs
Marta Zubieta
Béatrice Posner
Grace Gummer
Andjelija Kedzic
Bec Broomhall
Rachael Lynn Vrielynck
Debra Wellington
Safa Boga
Megan Golden
Pedro Smith
Ejow ONO
Mr Fiend
Dead Elk
Ollie Godwin
Audrey Gillespie
Patricia Puentes
Attalia Brown
Ewan Henry
Planetry
Adam Brobjorg
Laura Parkes
Jamie Rawlings
Brittany E Lakin
Jessie Woodward
Sonia Panova
Annie Dawkins
Gilberte O’Sullivan
Ed Moreton
Thomas H. Hancock
Linzi Thomas
Alison Carpenter-Hughes
Karen Barnes
David Turner FRSA
Hazel Mountford
Kalisaur
Aine Laidler
Emily Chapman
Angus Meads
Taylen Heremaia
Billie Franks
Bethany Duffy
Eric Spangler
Gesa Reuter
Shannon Donaldson
Angie Michaiel
Brian Barbeito
Josh Price
Quentin Devine
Colin Giles

Hello World

We are Zanna! Our aim is to help creative souls realise their potential and achieve
their artistic dreams. Zanna itself is a creative platform made to support new and
existing artists, what you are about to experience is just one of the ways in which
we showcase and provide opportunities for artists.

Zanna welcomes all forms of art, from photography and paintings to poetry and
other things that don’t start with P. Zanna Magazine features artists from all over
the world, and includes interviews from helpful humans to give our readers in-
sight and advice from a whole new perspective. We also have exhibition oppor-
tunities allowing artists to take the plunge into hanging work, maybe for the first
time, networking with artists and selling work.

Zanna’s are shape-shifting creatures similar to the concept of imaginary friends or
guardian angels, they take the form that is required of them and they leave when
they are no longer needed. This is what we aspire to do for creatives; by shining a
light on the unconventional and the underrepresented, offering support to those
that struggle (whether that is mentally, physically, financially, socially, practically
or in any other manner), and connecting these artists with the people who love
their work as well as other artists that they can learn from! For us, art is about
expression and that means no wrong answers, simply an abundance of diverse
perspectives.

We are painfully aware of what it’s like to dream big and have no idea how to
get from here to there, but our philosophy is simply to start. With a little help a
person can achieve pretty much anything but we believe that with support and
encouragement from the right people a dream can easily become a reality.

True it’s a cliché, but we really couldn’t do it without you, yes you reading this
now, your support means the world. Every artist that took a chance on us and
submitted work, every supportive comment from friends and strangers alike,
every excitable email, it has all added up to this. We have started something and
have every chance at success and that is thanks to you and others like you (and
a butt-load of hard work, it is important to note the amount of hard work that
goes into success).

Finally a thank you to Jim for believing that this was possible and for asking in
earnest, “why not now?”

With love and our eternal gratitude,





“If it can be shown that you
exist because others exist
with you in a universe, and
that your existence as you is
dependent on their existence
as they, would that make it

easier to get along?”

Peter Sierpinski
@petersierpinski1585

Peter Sierpinski was chosen as the
cover artist for the bold and simple

message behind his piece ‘I verb,
therefore I am.’ Sierpinski’s images
are often accompanied by musings
from fictional artificial intelligence

and if that wasn’t enough to get
your head around, they ask the big
questions, the really big ones. If you
spend your days contemplating your
existence and worrying about the
impending post apocalyptic dystopia

then Peter’s work is for you.

Peter’s work is thoughtful and thought provoking.
He contemplates existence and uses the proof to
advocate for harmonious coexistence. What does
it mean to truly coexist?
People see people as they want to see people,
categorising in the simplest terms, using the most
convenient definitions. When you take the time,
you find each one of us is a writer, and an artist,
and an optimist, a realist and a curious mind.

Does that answer your question?

Leo Tolstoy

Tim Fowler
@timjfowler

MaggieMagoo Designs
@maggiemagoodesigns

MaggieMagoo Designs creates contemporary prints &
textiles. The designs are inspired by the natural world,
folk art & tattoo design. Plants, florals & insects feature
throughout the work.

Marta Zubieta
@onirical_zubieta

With her characters Marta describes myths and clichés of the generation Z and Millennials. Inspired by
Tumblr gif artist collectives, electrocumbia rhythms coupled with South American chicha and sci-fi movies,
she develops colourful illustrations that tickle an optical festival for the mind willing to travel through the
vines of a Neptunian jungle. Zubieta’s artistic perspective is unique and undeniably intriguing.



Béatrice Posner
@btrcpsnr

Sanguis is the Latin translation for “blood”, and forms the title Béatrice has chosen for her
project focused on raising awareness about blood and blood disorders. In medicine, Latin
names are often used for different medical conditions. The project consists of close-ups of
blood transfusions taken at different hospitals, still lifes of isolated medical equipment,
abstract images of both healthy and diseased blood types, as well as portraits of people with
different blood types and blood disorders. The images set the scene of where blood can be
found, isolating it and presenting it to the viewer. We all share this fluid; it is inside of us and
we are all aware of its existence. Nonetheless, it is sometimes difficult to talk about and many
of us do not realise the influence it has over our lives.

Blood creates life, but can also cause death. Blood unites us but also separates us, through
our different blood types and blood conditions. It has the power to change our lives, both for
the better and for the worse. Even though we know about its existence, it is rarely seen by a
person if they suffer from a blood disease. By using the most ordinary and neutral portrait, it
shows how a person who lives with a life-threatening blood condition can look like someone
who doesn’t suffer from a condition. Yet, it is always there and through these photographs
Posner hopes to shed light onto this captivating fluid.



Grace Gummer
@cut.stick.sewit

FunFlair
The second in the series of collages inspired by Grace’s
retro hometown of Margate, FunFlair is an ‘old skool’ fun
fair dreamland. Grace wanted to create a surreal but fun
landscape including bright candy colours.

Sunset
A digital collage exploring the concept of the male
gaze and surrealism through items and ideologies.
Grace often includes women in her work because she
loves the way the female body mimics nature in so
many ways, but also as a way of including herself in
her work, creating surreal worlds she’d love to visit.



Andjelija Kedzic
@antigonaart

Bec Broomhall
@becbarts
www.becbroomhall.co.uk

Bec’s work is mainly portrait based and inspired by quick sketches and doodles referencing social media,
fashion and the idea of the selfie. ‘Smile’ is from a new series of work incorporating text into the doodles.
Bec is interested in our fast paced social media world that is constantly moving and changing, but also how
people, particularly women, are portrayed and how we see and feel about ourselves, touching on mental
health when necessary. Her quick sketches are developed into larger paintings, copying every line, includ-
ing mis-proportions and flaws. She’s interested in the lines and marks that have been accidentally added
or mis-copied in the translation from doodle to canvas. The results are sketchy faces and illustrations with
bold lines and simple colour that are often quite comical. There is a desire to capture people in a way that
shows we are all the same, rather than the flawless perfection often seen in this digital age, showing more
of an honest portrait - showing our flaws and flaws of the artist too.
‘Smile’ was inspired by a fashion advert found on Instagram and came from thinking about bad days when
you really don’t want to smile but have to, but when you do you make others smile and your day gets
better. She is almost smiling and has very nearly got there!



Rachael Lynn Vrielynck
@rach._c

The works ‘Kepler’s Law’ and ‘Trying my Best’ each represent a different aspect of
who Rachael is. ‘Kepler’s Law’ is a mix of diagrams and formulas which represent
an inclination towards the world of mathematics and ‘Trying my Best’ represents
how she presents herself to others. She is trying her best at what she does and
feels that a lot of people can relate to that.



Debra Wellington
@debrartdesign
www.debwellingtondesign.com

Safa is an emerging artist inspired by collage, digital photo manipulation and surrealism. Her art
plays with the concept of reality, myth and spiritual subject matters such as the experience of
merging with nature to experience the essence of God. Documenting the paradox and mystery
of being human, her landscapes reflect the seemingly impossible and the absurd, through which
she portrays the highest potential of the human mind. Presenting satirical abstract expressions
she explores what it means to live, die, love, transcend the body, experience beauty and battle
with addiction. Her only invitation is to wonder, what is real and what is imaginary?

Safa allows herself to create from a place of no mind, in a state of mental meditation where the
mind is still but the body is expressing associations that arise in the subconscious. This intuitive
and embodied process of exploration has connected her to depths of knowing and feeling that
are only possible when the mind and it’s limitations of reality are left behind, in favour of the
infinite nature of feeling. In this sense her art is a personal process and presentation of her own
transformation.

Safa Boga
@safaboga

Megan Golden
@maygold111

Although Megan uses photographs in her artwork, she is no ordinary photographer. She spends the
majority of her time behind a computer, editing, layering, painting and finding her zen to create
images that are abstract and are meant to evoke strong emotions in her audience. She takes photos
and morphs them into another creation, adding artistic twists with unique shapes and colours. Megan’s
art is meant to deliver the message that things aren’t always what they seem. Everyone has a different
perspective whether it be on life, love or a simple conversation, and the reality you live in depends on
that perspective. She likes to challenge the average person’s viewpoint by taking a picture of some-
thing ordinary and adding depth to it, making them question what they are looking at and how they
can look at it differently going forward.

Pedro Smith
@pedrocsmith

Ejow ono
@yado.king

Mr Fiend
@mrfiend

“We’ve put together this interview asking Dead Elk some questions we thought you guys might find
interesting. This was triggered by his professional and personalised submission document that caught

our attention for all the right reasons. Big things to come, go check out his website.”

Z: Why Dead Elk?

DE: Dead Elk is a metaphor for the way I design. It stems from a line in one of Hunter S. Thompson's
short stories (Happy Birthday Jack Nicholson) where Hunter leaves an elk's heart on the doorstep of Jack
Nicholson's house, it sounds horrifying and probably was at the time but was all in good spirits. Anyway
I had liked elks since the time one came up and started eating tufts of grass within arms distance beside
me, while I stood on the rim of the grand canyon, in shorts, freezing and shocked it was snowing. The
whole thing was bizarre to me and this wild elk was so calm and unfazed its memory stuck with me. So
when reading about this elk heart being left on a doorstep my first thought was "what's left of the elk?".
This was quickly followed by my second thought "a dead elk". This is how I have approached my pieces,
put my heart into it, throw it out there and leave it. That is my work and I am what's left, a dead elk.

Z: Your submission stood out for a number of reasons, mainly the fact that it was personalised and the profes-
sional and cohesive presentation - where did you learn these techniques?

DE: Thank you. I wanted my submission to be able to be picked up and understood without me being
there. I spent a good number of years in graphic design and I think the form of the submission came
from there. As for it being personalised that came from loving the idea behind the magazine. It came
across to me as something special like the start of a community, something great for creatives. Just
thinking now this may be down to the personal feel to your own updates on the submissions.

Z: What was the biggest change for you transitioning from commissions, campaigns and clients to personal work?

DE: The biggest and hardest change, was not having a brief or someone's thoughts to visualise. It
seemed as though the "target audience" had hushed and scarpered off into the dark. That part was
though, not having a direction. I've ended up spending the last year being quiet trying to figure out
where I am at mentally, what, if any, opinions or feelings do I have on things and just looking at life in
general. Turns out I had a lot of anger lurking about in the shadows that’s now coming into the light and
going hand in hand with the anger like the good to the bad was the nostalgia for the innocence and ig-
norance of youth. These are the two feelings are currently directing the styling of my work, unwilling to
stick to one technique so they can come out as uncompromised as possible.

Z: You referenced feelings of nostalgia influencing the direction of your work. We've had a lot of
artists saying a similar thing, do you think there is any reason for this trend?

DE: I'm sure everyone has their own reasons for letting their past influence their work. Our
past is what got us here and art is one way to acknowledge it and release it in a sense.

Z: Any tips for artist/designers/makers on how to apply for/secure commissions?

DE: I thing the most important thing is to be honest to yourself why you want it as sincerity
comes through. I've seen it happen too where a lot of people forget there is a person on the
receiving end of your submission/presentation who may or may not understand the type of
work you do and also if you are lucky enough to have any connection don't be scared to reach
out and make contact, it will give you a better feel for what they are looking for as well as an
introduction.

Z: You've recently launched a new website, what can we expect to see there?

DE: The website was launched so that people had a place to buy my prints. Each piece is avail-
able as a digital print in A3 or A4 and as a limited numbered edition piece. The limited pieces
are screen, riso and giclee prints and vary in prices while the digital have set pricing. Most news
will still be on Instagram and Facebook for the moment.

Z: Any other wise words or musings?

DE: “Our period of waiting is over, now is
the time”

Dead Elk
@deadelk_design
www.deadelk.com



Ollie Godwin
@thereisnogodwin

These works are some of Ollie’s most
recent paintings, they are either drawn
from observation during his night shifts as
a labourer on a construction site, or, as in
the case of ‘NEW LIGHT’ (far left), they are
representations of his continual exploration
of the themes of hegemonic masculinity
and eschatology and the various points of
interrelation between them.

Ollie’s paintings focus on impulsive, illustrative
mark making, responding to narratives around
him, taking note of the interactions between
men in a predominantly male workplace envi-
ronment and asking questions around what that
means for him and his own masculinity.

‘New Light’ draws on his upbringing and childhood as an indoctrinated
member of an isolationist, patriarchal Christian cult and attempts to
reimagine his fearful childhood perceptions of the future and combine
this with the dreamlike innocence of the message of hope that was so
often used to hide the darker elements of predicting the end of the
world. Ollie is interested in the ways this violent and masculine
environment shaped his identity and in turn his dissociation with reality
upon escape.

Audrey Gillespie
@artdrey_

Audrey’s work focuses on questioning
gender norms and tackling issues such
as sexism and homophobia through her
art.

These works are part of an ongoing
project regarding themes of drag,
female drag, small town issues and
LGBT+ representation and the
boundaries within its community, both
locally and worldwide. This project
began as a photography series and has
since progressed into mixed media and
screen print, with the involvement of
some hand made/printed garments by
Audrey.

The choice to take on a divisive
subject is brave but what is more
commendable is her beautifully stark
approach. The use of heavy contrast,
and dramatic make-up juxtaposed by
soft focus and pastel colours. Small
interruptions of melancholic
expressions remind us that our own
reality is not as magical nor as
accepting as the one Audrey has
captured.

Gillespie’s work is a stunning
dreamscape, in which she
manages to transcend our
reality with one hand, while
slamming us straight back down to
Earth with the other.

Patricia Puentes
@pantaletica
www.behance.net/patriciapuentes

Patricia’s illustrations put together all of the
things she feels passion for, like fashion, colour,
feminism, and Venezuelan street style "tuki", with
a little Asian and Middle Eastern vibe here and
there. She tries to communicate through images
that portray a different kind of beauty to what
we are used to seeing in mainstream media,
exposing subjects like immigration, acceptance,
inclusiveness, empowerment and self love.

Attalia Brown
@Supersaucie



Ewan Henry
@ewanhenry1986

“Ewan is a master of composition
and whimsy in his short series of
‘Pandas on Tour’. We’ve chosen to
showcase this Rapunzel meets King-
Kong interpretation of the Pandas
adventures around the world, but
honestly we love them all, go check
them out!” - Panda lovers (everyone)

‘Mind Blown’ (left) is about the appreciation of other artists.
There is a photographer called Steve Roe who Ewan is a big
fan of so he decided to make a design using one of Roe’s
creative commons pictures as a backdrop. It’s called Mind
Blown because his photos blow Ewan’s mind every time he
sees them!

‘Lost in a thought’ isn't really meant to represent anything.
Art doesn't always have to mean something profound,
it can simply be the ability to escape day to day life.
Maybe the spaceman represents Ewan’s journey
and the penguin represents the ice cream
he was eating at the time.

Ewan enjoyed making this piece titled ‘SpaceBeachMan’
because of the juxtaposition of sci-fi and something
more natural. He gave it the tagline ‘We don’t belong
here and that’s OK’ and he quite likes the idea that
the image is a failed attempt to take a holiday
selfie on the part of the astronaut! That
man doesn’t belong on a beach taking
selfies, he belongs in space.
And that’s OK!



Planetry
@planetryonline

"Queen of Destruction". She, 'Cleopatra of the Cosmos', is the balance between creation
and destruction. She is the catalyst for creativity; dismantling the universe she allows the
imagination of the galaxies to assemble a new, improved reality.
Maybe this is this her inviting the viewers into some insight. Insight on why its important to
disrupt and destroy, before creating; insight on what she has planned, or has already done...
We leave this to the viewers to interpret.

This is one of six pieces from Planetry’s upcoming 'Classic Interiors & Structures' "Instagram Gallery"
where they’ve selected images of various Greek architecture, buildings, pillars etc. They've styled the
Palace of Fine Arts, in San Francisco, in accordance to the 'Vaporwave', mainly with the colours, pinks
of the building and cyans of the trees, skies and so on. Then blended images from Nasa's Hubble
Telescope of distant stars and objects, which makes up
the river where the building sits. Planetry aimed to
create a scene from a 'place', 'out there' that
resembles a place on earth, where 'normal'
beings live and create wonderful things,
with imagination of course,
being the sole driver.

Planetry is a digital design and apparel brand.
“Starting with "Imagine that..." is one of my favourite ways to conceptualise a project or design idea.
Whether it be a design for printing on materials, objects or garments. The 'power to create with one's
mind', or imagination, is what I believe is the primary incubator for the majority of what humans enjoy
today. When people see 'PLANETRY', I want them to be reminded of the 'taste' of science fiction,
astronomy and fantasy, with the 'flavours' of cyberpunk, vaporwave, synthwave and all the other schisms
that are formed from experimenting with these tastes and flavours. They all lend themselves towards
the notion of imagination and creation; the proof is in the plethora of movies, games, actresses, actors,
filmmakers, designers, gaming coders (and so on) we know about today and have memories of before.”

Imaginary Book
Are they creating a photo book?
A book with artwork?
A scrapbook?
Well, they are essentially creating all of the above.
They want to add their favourite work to the
people of Earth’s (yours), document and promote every
key step of the way in this journey to a completed book.

Adam Brobjorg
www.FaceGlue.us

“

Art and music
are intertwined.
Art is how we
decorate space.
Music is how we
decorate time.

”

Music is the inspiration for Face Glue, we play with the intersection of space and time. Face Glue
artworks are like Rorsharch tests from another world: not Rorsharch tests for discovering our
true psychological nature, but for discovering our true spiritual nature. You can sit with Face Glue
creations for lengths of time and get lost in them. They are full of non-symbolic meaning: like
watching for forms and shapes in the clouds or a campfire, each shape and symbol an abstract
representation of the most symbolic intuitive thought, opening a door for the imagination of the
viewer. Sitting with the art is like sitting and listening to a symphony or watching a sunset at the
beach, your eyes wander the landscape and keep discovering new meaning unique to you alone,
hidden in the complex layers of images.

Laura Parkes
@Printsbylaura

Jamie Rawlings
@Jamie_rawlings_artist

Brittany E Lakin
@brittanyelakin
www.brittanyelakin.com

A modern interpretation of ‘The Bride of Lammermoore’ by John Everett Millais (1829-
1896). Aimed at children, this offers a more stylised and cartoonish image to appeal to
a young audience whilst drawing attention to and teaching art, history and culture.

Jessie Woodward Jessie has always been fascinated by abstraction
@jessieabstract and the concept of spontaneity. This notion formed
www.jessiewoodward.co.uk the foundations of Abstract Expressionism in the
mid 20th century, and is just as relevant a concept
today forming the basis of Jessie’s work.
The works experiment with the mixing of fluores-
cent paints, glitter and drawing materials to explore
and enjoy the vibrancy of colour and texture.
Improvising in response to the dynamics created
by different colours and marks. The process is an
intrinsic part of the painting; scratching into paint,
drawing with charcoal, graphite, layers of paint,
more mark making, more paint, more fluorescent
paint, more glitter, making each piece vividly unique.
Jessie’s experimental use of glitter within her work
tests the boundaries of whether a material normally
associated with craft can work successfully along-
side bright colours in contemporary painting today.
Jessie is intrigued with how we respond to the act
of painting and aims to explore how pure abstract
painting can generate visual energetic joy and
pleasure. The excitement of the work and vivid
compositions come from a direct feeling, and a
response to that moment in time.