THE ERA OF CELEBRITY ILLUSTRATORS

Once upon a time, the world's largest media companies bragged in full page ads about their upcoming illustrations: From the back cover o...

IS IT OKAY TO LIKE PULP ART?

Last week the Society of Illustrators opened a wonderful exhibition of pulp magazine covers from the 1930s and 40s.  The show includes near...

JEFFREY CATHERINE JONES (1944-2011)

Jeffrey Catherine Jones struggled with battles that other painters never had to face.  His fragile nervous system supported his great tale...

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 36

I like the combination of power and sensitivity in this lovely drawing by Kent Williams . His composition is fearless; look at how boldly he...

"BACKGROUND" IS ONLY A TEMPORARY CONDITION

Is there such a thing as background?  Or is everything really foreground? Illustrator Robert Heindel once said about his hero Bernie Fuchs, ...

ARTISTS AT WAR, part 3

In September 1940 Hitler began his blitz campaign of dropping incendiary bombs on the major population centers of Britain, hoping to burn th...

ARTISTS IN LOVE, part 18

Augustus John on the cover of Time Magazine, by Boris Chaliapin It's difficult to think of an artist, or a human being, who made a bigge...