Blanche

Eli Wild
Blanche
Risograph Print
8.5" x 11"

Eli Wild is an Oakland-based painter and print-maker exploring how fear, memory, and meaning take shape in the uncanny. This series blends the visual language of medieval illuminated manuscripts with the exaggerated world of B-horror films, both of which reflect the anxieties of their time through distortion, humor, and the grotesque. This piece, inspired by the Japanese cult classic Hausu (1977), centers on Blanche, a white cat who bridges innocence and malice, and let’s the audience know when magical shenanigans are about to happen.

This is a risograph print. Risograph printing is a process that uses a specialized Japanese print machine to layer vibrant soy-based inks through stencil-like templates onto paper. The inks smudge if touched.