Jennifer Levonian
I use watercolors in these animations because the transparent and fluid qualities of the marks remind me of movement. The cutout puppets are a lot like paper dolls and I think this reference to children’s toys with all their innocence and simplicity is a nice counterbalance to the animations’ mature subjects, which are often satirical in tone. When I shoot the work, it is usually under natural light, and I try not to worry too much if the sunlight shifts.