This artist's simple illustrations brutally summarise adulthood

This artist's simple illustrations brutally summarise adulthood

This artist's simple illustrations brutally summarise adulthood

Picasso. Monet. Van Gogh. All great at painting cubes, and water, and themselves without an ear, sure - but could they really hit home with a simultaneously witty and painfully true observation about modern life? 

Well 29-year-old DC artist Mari Andrew can. Her Instagram is filled with sketches and doodles that accurately summarise the modern human condition. 

"I was sort of depressed and found myself going home just to watch Netflix way more often. I wanted a creative hobby, so I thought illustrating would be an easy, enjoyable way to document little moments from my day,” she told Business Insider. 

On escaping

On co-workers

On compliments

On vulnerability

On aging

On worries

On time

On happiness

On cities

On insecurities

On money

On restaurants

Marc Chacksfield
Content Director

As Content Director of Shortlist, Marc likes nothing more than to compile endless lists of an evening by candlelight. He started out life as a movie writer for numerous (now defunct) magazines and soon found himself online - editing a gaggle of gadget sites, including TechRadar, Digital Camera World and Tom's Guide UK. At Shortlist you'll find him mostly writing about movies and tech, so no change there then.