Today is the birthday of Maxfield Parrish, one of the great illustrators form the “Golden Age” of American illustratraton. For more, see my previous post on Maxfield Parrish, which includes a list of links to galleries of his work and other resources. I’ve included a Read More …
In many ways Maxfield Parrish was the antithesis of the popular image of bohemian artists, struggling for recognition and starving in noble sacrifice for their art. He was precise, orderly and methodical and was successful throughout his career. Born into a family that unflaggingly encouraged Read More …
Why seek ye the living in a place of the dead?, Howard Pyle Source for this version of the image is Fleurdulys Tumblr (large image here); original is in the Kelly Collection of American Illustration Art. This was an illustration for the April 15, 1905 Read More …
William Heath Robinson, who signed his pictures “W. Heath Robinson”, was an English illustrator, cartoonist, author and watercolorist known in particular for his wry cartoons and his series of drawings depicting unlikely and complicated contraptions for accomplishing mundane tasks. Here in the U.S. we associate Read More …
Discovering art that you love by artists whose work is new to you can be a little like meeting a person to whom you’re romantically attracted — there’s an initial rush of infatuation that is so pleasurable the feeling can be addictive. Growing up in Read More …
California artist Ken Auster started his artistic career with poster and t-shirt graphics in the milieu of 1960s surfing culture. He went on from there to plain air painting, and established his signature subject choices of streetcars, contemporary surfing scenes, California landscapes and restaurant interiors. Read More …