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Month: August 2009

  • Peter Siu

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    In a way somewhat analogous Franklin Booth’s unintentional pen and ink imitation of engraved illustrations in the books of his time (the result of innocent ignorance of printing processes), contemporary illustrator Peter Siu deliberately uses pen and ink to emulate the visual charm and delicate detail of wood engravings. Though the process is reminiscent of…

  • Diane Hoeptner

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    As much as I enjoy flowers in their natural setting, or even in a vase, and despite my fondness for still life painting, I have to admit that florals are not among my favorite subjects for paintings. There are exceptions, of course, in which the subject is handled in unusual ways, but direct close-up paintings…

  • Jody A. Lee

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    Jody A. Lee is a New York based artist and illustrator, best known for her work in the field of fantasy illustration. Originally from San Francisco, Lee studied at the Academy of Art College there, majoring in Illustration. Her work, done in oil on canvas or acrylic or oil on illustration board, often includes decorative…

  • Edvard Munch

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    Norwegian symbolist Edvard Munch is another of those artists, like Whistler or even Hokusai, whose oeuvre is condensed to a single image in the minds of most people, in this case his iconic image The Scream. There are actually several versions of The Scream, including both paintings and prints, more than one of which have…

  • Melissa B. Tubbs

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    Long time readers of Lines and Colors will know that I have a particular fondness for pen and ink drawing; a medium with a long history and many great practitioners but one that is assigned little glamour in this day of inexpensive color reproduction and computer imagery. Melissa B. Tubbs is an Alabama based artist…

  • Illo. 2

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    Illo is a terrific, too-infrequently appearing magazine about contemporary illustration, published by Daniel Zimmer. Zimmer also publishes Illustration magazine, which focuses on classic illustration. For some bockground on both magazines, see my post from 2007 on Illustration Magazine and Illo. After an all-too-long hiatus, Illo is back with a second issue, even stronger than the…