Fanny Brodar Obsessed With Bagels For Sale

Fanny Brodar’s paintings erupt with saturated color, instinctive mark-making, and a cast of eccentric, hybrid characters that exist somewhere between childhood fantasy and emotional chaos. Her compositions feel unfiltered and immediate — figures tumble, float, and collide across the surface in a flattened, all-over field where scale and orientation dissolve. Working with oil pastel and painterly gesture, Brodar embraces texture, smudging, and raw line to preserve a sense of spontaneity and psychological immediacy. At first glance, the works radiate joy — candy tones, wide eyes, playful creatures — yet beneath the exuberance lies something more complex. Expressions verge on manic, limbs bend unnaturally, and symbols like Xs, hearts, and abstracted faces introduce tension into the sweetness. Brodar’s visual language draws from cartoon vernacular and naïve figuration, but her paintings ultimately operate as emotional landscapes — chaotic, tender, humorous, and slightly unhinged all at once.