SG Interview: Camille Rose Garcia – Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland0

by Nicole Powers

“It’s like a really bad trip.”
– Camille Rose Garcia

Growing up in the shadow of Disneyland, artist and illustrator Camille Rose Garcia spent a lot of time contemplating the reality of fantasy and the fantasies that make reality palatable.

Just as the white paint flaked and the wood decayed in the once-perfect picket-fenced suburbs that surround Disney’s Orange County Fantasyland, on canvas and in print, Garcia’s brightly colored fairytale tableaus are juxtaposed with darker elements, as real world forces impinge on her perfect dream worlds.

Much of Garcia’s work explores the lie of the American Dream, the loss of it, and how the masses are self-medicating to deal with the aftermath. Though these themes are adult in nature, the on-the-surface beauty of Garcia’s art appeals to a younger audience on a more basic level. So when Harper Collins decided to revisit Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland amid renewed interest in Lewis Carroll’s curious tale (which was first published in 1865), Garcia was a natural choice to re-imagine the visual element of the book.

SuicideGirls spoke with Garcia to find out what she saw when she followed Alice and a certain well-dressed (and late) White Rabbit down Carroll’s most unusual rabbit-hole.

Read our exclusive interview with Camille Rose Garcia on SuicideGirls.com.