‘Permagel’ cover art by Charles Burns, 2008
☛ Adam Baumgold Gallery: “Permagel” cover by Charles Burns, ink on paper, 18″ x 13″, 2008. Permagel is an large-dimension art book edited by French publisher United Dead Artist in 2008. The 16 x 12 in, 32 pages books was printed in double black impression on 170gr Rives paper. In the United-States, the book was […]
American Author and Illustrator Maurice Sendak Dies (1928-2012)
☛ Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Harper Trophy edition [1963]1984, 25th Anniversary Edition, copyright page. © Maurice Sendak. From The New York Times: Maurice Sendak, widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century, who wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world of the nursery and […]
The Art of Allison Sommers
☛ Allison Sommers: “Afterbirth”, gouache on illustration board, 12″ x12″, 2010. © Allison Sommers. Allison Sommers currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She primarily uses gouache and pencil to create most of her art pieces (specifically “Winsor-Newton and Holbein gouache on Strathmore 20-ply illustration board” according to her FAQ page). What strikes me […]
The Lady in the Radiator (Eraserhead, David Lynch, 1977)
☛ DavidLynch.de: photo of David Lynch and actress Laurel Near on the set of Eraserhead from a double issue of the magazine Cinefantastic “Dune/Eraserhead”, vol. 14, no. 4-5, September 1984. Here’s the original caption from the Cinefantastique magazine: “David Lynch makes up Laurel Near as the Lady in the Radiator. A large, outdoor set was […]
