The "Fish Market" painting series was inspired by the natural fluidity and diverse forms of the angler fish. The colors and shapes of aquatic life are as boundless as an artist's imagination. Angler fish in particular have character that otherwise can only be found in human faces, hence the inspiration of the anthropomorphic designs. In the "Fish Market" series Hannah Fierman expresses themes such as "beauty in the grotesque," a sense of dark humor/horror as well as whimsically mocking the organic disgustingness (repulsiveness would be better) that unites everyone in the human predicament. The matting of each fish painting is part of the piece itself. Many of the mats and backdrops are newspapers collected by the artist during her travels. You will find newspaper matting from Kuwait city, Tokyo, Luanda Angola, the United States, Frankfurt, Tbilisi Georgia, Rota Spain and Catania Sicily to name a few.

Hannah Fierman has recently been inspired by a new muse, the lunar Moth, and intends to create a series of work based upon these dark, beautiful, creatures driven by the fiery, tragic obsession of reaching the unattainable and celestial. In a mix-media collection she will explore the parallels of these creatures and humanity in a whimsical anthropomorphic fashion.

This work is mix-media collection of oil as well as acrylic paint, pencil and charcoal on dried processed hard-wood, as well as processed paper board and canvas. The "Fish Market Collection" has been shown in: The East Side Lounge, Atlanta 2005, and Rockmart Georgia's Art Center 2007 and MBN Studios Philadelphia in June-July 2008. Hannah currently lives in New York City

Hannah's art is currently being shown at the Klatch in Manhattan through the end of January. For directions, please click here