Aleksandra Waliszewska used to do large, more traditional oil paintings, but she abruptly changed to start doing 1-2 of these small gouache paintings a day. In that Deb Sokolow pod cast we listened to in class, she mentioned how she was frustrated with how no one was really taking a stand in her class. That is why these paintings are so powerful to me. I don't always like to look at them. They are dangerous, disturbing, hard to look at, but they seem genuine. Aleksandra doesn't seem like she's doing this just to be hip and edgy artist. I think they talk about a shadowy side of childhood that maybe we all can relate to. I don't know. Here is a link to a page that describes her work better than I can:

http://womenfiredangerousthings.blogspot.com/2010/05/aleksandra-waliszewska.html