Just in time for Halloween, I draw your attention to the October show I've featured in my Sidebar Art Gallery.
This collection is called Spooky.
Flying Dutchman illustration - Unknown artist 
Notre Dames gargoyle - Victor-Joseph Pyanet 
Duel after the Masquerade Ball - Jean Leon Gerome
The Gashlycrumb Tinies - Edward Gorey
The Apotheosis of War - Vasily Vereshchagin 
From Paradise Lost - Gustav Dore 
Macbeth, The Meeting with the Witches on the Heath - Joseph Kronheim 
The Ride of the Valkyries - William T. Maud
Asmorod - Zdzislaw Beksinski
Happy Haunting...
On Nov. 5th I'm taking part in the Blogblast For Peace. Won't you join me?
"Here in this wondrous way we keep
These haunts of ancient peace.
Let us go there again
When we need some relief
Oh, when I can’t find my feet
When I need rest and sleep."
- Van Morrison
Shelley Munro says I like the one of the Valkyries.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Through the Opera Glasses - 34 - October Art Show - Spooky
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Thursday Thirteen - 27 - 13 of My Favorite Illustrators
Tomorrow night, my husband and I will be flying into Toronto for a week and a half of visiting his family, so there's lots to do here to get ready. I don't know whether I'll have internet access or not - my blogging may be sporadic or non-existent for awhile.
But until then, here are some of my favorite works by illustrators I love. Why aren't these pieces of art? Well, in my opinion, they are. But in art circles, commercial art is often referred to as illustration. Rather like the romance novel in the literary world.
Let's have a leisurely gaze at some visually stunning pieces:
1 - Theodor Seuss Geisel, or Dr. Seuss
An early favorite!
2 - Pauline Baynes
Mr. Tumnus from 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe'
3 - Aubrey Beardsley
4 - Edward Gorey
The creator of 'The Gashleycrumb Tinies'
5 - Gustave Dore
'Paradise Lost 4'
6 - Greg & Tim Hildebrandt
7 - Edward Robert Hughes
'Midsummer Eve'
8 - Victorian Ephemera
I can never get enough of these illustrations done for advertisements, greeting cards and calendars
9 - Cicely Mary Barker
The Flower Fairies
10 - Garth Williams
The Little House series
11 - Carl Larsson
'Around the Lamp'
12 - Alex Ross
He illustrates the characters of the DC universe, including Superman.
You can see where the art director/cinematographer for 'Superman Returns' got their inspirations for this shot.
13 - Frank Miller
Panel from '300' by Dark Horse Comics
Still from Zach Snyder's film '300'
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