THE LANGUAGE OF FORMS

I love this picture from an old reference book about birds. The anonymous artist could have presented the same basic information a thousand ...

WILLIAM A. SMITH

During World War II, the illustrator William A. Smith was sent by the OSS to China, where he spent time behind enemy lines working on the p...

GARY PANTER: CHER IN JOHNNY ROTTEN'S CLOTHING?

Artist Gary Panter is all over the news lately. Hollywood gossip magazine Entertainment Weekly placed him on this week's "Must...

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 21

This may be my favorite drawing ever. I encountered it on the wall of a dark cave at Pech Merle in the Pyrenees. 20,000 years ago, humans we...

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 20

I love Mort Drucker's drawing of General Patton: Drucker clearly owes a debt to Arthur Szyk's famous portrayals of Nazi generals fro...

PART OF SOMETHING LARGER

Sometimes great and important art can only be achieved by disregarding the level of effort required. The ancient historian Herodotus estimat...

WALTER EVERETT (1880 - 1946)

Walter Everett's life seemed to revolve around his artwork. As a gifted child, he was preoccupied with drawing and painting. He rode a b...