Sour Soda Studio is a project that plays with the idea of soda – fizzy, saccharine and bright – but adds a twist from the artist's perspective. With titles like 'Plastic Wind' and 'The Siren’s Catch,' these works highlight humanity's loss of control over their environment. Clouds mimic tree shapes while tiny figures grapple with bubbles containing floating botanicals. In one scene, oblivious festival-goers ignore a polar bear mauling them to death on shrinking ice.

According to the artist, this project emerged from a need to express different ideas in a unique way. His approach is like visual side-eye, nodding with dark humour to societal anxieties about climate change and nature's balance. A lumberjack chops at a burning tree, while a crocodile disappears leaving only a pool cleaner’s arm above the brush.

The artist began by drawing on paper before moving to vector illustrations on an iPad. Over time, he developed what he describes as a 'visual alphabet' of simple forms and colors creating transitional landscapes with suspended figures, animals and plants. These images are poetic, decorative, narrative or something harder to name, often touching on nature, ecosystems, consumption and the relationship between people and their world.

The artist’s work is not just an artistic expression but a commentary on our current state of affairs. As we consume more and more, our impact grows, and these illustrations serve as a stark reminder of this reality. Whether or not they are a mirror to our future, they certainly add a layer of bitterness to the sweetness of modern life.