The artist I have chosen to research is Anton Semenov who is a male artist from Russia. There are a few reasons why I like this artists. One of the reasons is because the creatures that he creates are very haunting and scary, while still being sort of cute. You can see in the picture above how the picture is quite scary while still remaining cute and innocent. I think that Semenov's work is very emotional, as his character's expressions are very visual and you can almost feel how his creatures are feeling. I think that some of his work is very meaningful, especially one of a creature stood behind his bedroom door in pyjamas, hiding from a monster trying to get in - this could be symbolic of child abuse. His work is extremely creative and he has lots of ideas and concepts, however all of his work has the same dark and haunting theme. Semenov describes his style as "surrealism horror", which I think is a pretty much spot on description of his works.
Sources:
http://majavuckovic.com/blog/2015/02/interview-with-anton-semenov-aka-gloom82/
Sources:
http://majavuckovic.com/blog/2015/02/interview-with-anton-semenov-aka-gloom82/