Miren Asiain Lora Reveals the Magic of Everyday Life

Miren Asi­ain Lora tells the sto­ries of small peo­ple in grandiose places. Her face­less char­ac­ters explore nature and all that goes along with it—sometimes this is good, and in oth­er instances, it can get kin­da hairy. One scene (above) shows fig­ures shin­ing a light to reveal all that hides in the jungle.

The over­all feel­ing of these illus­tra­tions is mystery—we aren’t get­ting the full sto­ry of who Miren’s char­ac­ters are or what they’re doing. This is the dri­ving force behind her work—they’re meant to “con­vey the mag­ic of every­day life, the charm of lit­tle moments that hold a secret to be deciphered.”

Miren sells as selec­tion of archival prints through the Toi Gallery.