Helen Wilson

 

Helen Wilson's painted watercolour tin portraits furnished with tiny objects and treasure are so magical. Helen originally from Paisley has an exhibition until the 28th March at the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh.

Es Delvin

 

“The work invites us to see, hear and feel our home, our city as an interconnected web of species and cultures, to learn and remember the names and sing those under threat into continued existence.” Es Delvin

These images are from Es Delvin's 2022 installation at the The Modern called, 'Come Home Again'.  I love the way that Es in yellow, looks like part of the monumental drawing scape she created of the 243 endangered species on London's priority conservation list.

Charley Harper I

 

Some spring from the geometric wonder and order of Charley Harper (1922-2007)  

Gareth Lucas III

 Brilliant, bright illustration by Gareth Lucas, to warm and cheer your Sunday. 

Michael Hague II

 

Michael Hague (1948-2026) an incredibly talented illustrator sadly died last week. Michael illustrated over 100 books and created editions of many classic children’s books, including: The Wind in the Willows (previously featured here), The Reluctant Dragon, The Secret Garden, The Hobbit, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, The Night Before Christmas, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. His very accomplished classical style was influenced by admiration for Arthur Rackham and N. C. Wyeth. 

Jemima Blackburn

Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848) - A story of a group of crows, beautifully illustrated by the Scottish artist Jemima Blackburn (1823 – 1909). Jemima (JB) illustrated 27 books, most of her illustrations were watercolours, with some ink work and collage.

Yoshiko Hada X

 

Yoshiko Hada has published her own children's book called ''Where is the Cherry', and it is of course delightful. 

Ilann Vogt

Above: texts for nothing woven from Samuel Beckett.

Some examples of the woven text works of Ilann Vogt, who reinterprets  works of literature by weaving the pages of books into art, sculptures or garments.  

" I try to explore various forms of language that can translate a text into textiles. Even if I haven't necessarily read the book, I have a feeling that allows me to transpose it into the language of visual and textile art ," Ilaan Vogt 

"I have the ability to create very rich draperies and shapes that become supports for provoking a sensation from the material thus intertwined. This allows the reading of a text in a fraction of a second of glance, to read without reading in a way: to each book its own universe ,"Ilann Vogt 

Above: Lettre à un jeune poète. De R M Rilke 

Maya Shleifer

 

A story of friendship, kindness and the beauty of nature; 

"The Giant’s adventures are an allegorical interpretation of my immigration story. While working on this book, I experimented with oil pastels and colours in order to preserve that feeling of spontaneity and frankness." Maya Shleifer

 Thank you Dom

Elif Onat

 

I loved this image, it's space and simplicity, collage by Elif Onat . . . spring is coming.

Hanieh Ghashghaei

Today I share some of the monoprint works of Iranian artist Hanieh Ghashghaei, based in Italy. 

Alan Howard II

As spring progresses apace I am returning to the illustration of Alan Howard, these images are from a 1960's Book of Nursery Rhymes.