The true skill of an artist is revealed by the bare lines of their drawing. It might be a finished pencil piece, a working sketch for painting, or the pencils for a comic book, waiting for the inker to carve their black definitions and the colourist to splash the tones. A decent artist’s talents lie naked amongst the interplay between …
William Blake: Artist and Revolutionary.
William Blake (28 Nov 1757 – 12 Aug 1827), artist, poet and philosopher, is perhaps easier to admire than understand. The breadth of his vision, the tortured eloquence of his craftsmanship and the bloody-mindedness of his daily life all speak of an intellect wrestling with fantastic worlds that boil and fester within. Artistically he was influenced by Raphael, Michelangelo and …
Barry Moser: Artist, Engraver, Storyteller.
“Barry Moser’s illustrations are exquisite beyond the telling. He soars at an altitude where only such wondrous birds of passage as Lynd Ward and Rockwell Kent have tasted the wind. The passion, craft and imagination of Moser’s work have an impact that leaves the viewer speechless.” Harlan Ellison, the brilliant, maverick writer of the fantastic, on one of my favourite arists, Barry …
Fantastic Album covers of 2012
The age of the fantastic album cover is dead. Discuss. Hmm. I grew up with LPs, those lovely 12 by 12 inch formats with magnificent artworks by Roger Dean for Yes (and others), and Hipgnosis for just about everyone else (Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Genesis etc). The most inventive covers drew us into the world of the music and beyond, …