In this expanded edition of his first book "Life in Forms: 50 Maximalist Ink Drawings," self-taught artist Eli Helman (b. 1978) offers his complete catalog of 125 small works created from 2008-2015. This eclectic collection contains a range of subjects that, while individually unique, are unmistakably linked by the style itself - a boldly intricate yet distinctly raw form of expressionism that combines elements of folk art, comic humor and whimsical surrealism with a strong focus on pattern. An artist friend once described the work as "funny, meditative, beautifully simple yet complexly...