Two Queers in a Berry Patch (2020)

Beautiful and subtle unused cover by Kimberly Edgar. Edgar is a non-binary comics creator and artist based up in Dawson City in Canada's Yukon Territory.

A self described 'queer white settler', Kim is an artist, designer, cartoonist and illustrator. While their minutely observed illustration of the flora and fauna of the Yukon as flawlessly immaculate, their cartooning examines non-binary identity, autism, depression and chronic pain, with a clear honesty and psychological complexity. Their work often combines the two, with the rich natural world of the Northern American forests and tundra proving a kind of sublime that enables the characters to transcend the cares and pain of the body.

This piece was produced as an entry for the 2020 biannual competition for the cover of the 2021/22 Northwestel telephone directory. Kim says "I tried to make it more family-friendly than my usual stuff but maybe it was still to edgy for northwerstel". It's a fabulous piece, and the 'phone company's loss is my gain!

Kimberly's work can be seen and admired at www.kimberlyedgar.com and www.theforagersclub.com. They are great talent, worth watching!

Gouache and watercolour on watercolour paper
30 cms X 40.5 cms