Ulla Thynell

 

'Woodlands' by Ulla Thynell is about to go into it's second edition. Ulla's illustrations are made using a base of alcohol ink to give a gentel abstract base for her to create her landscapes and mythology.

Brian Wildsmith XIV

 

 

I have just bought myself a copy of 'Goat's Trail' by Brian Wildsmith Published 1986 by Oxford University Press. What a beauty of a book with the goat (children) seeing the world through little portals of adventure and possibility all in Brian's Kaleidoscopic colours and generous watercolours. The Bright Agency is now representing the estate of Brian Wildsmith and I hope we see many re-published editions and exhibitions of this phenomenal artists work soon.  

Júlia Sandà

 

'Duckworth the Difficult Child' written by Michael Sussman and illustrated by Júlia Sandà, published in 2019. A perfect book, Júlia has illustrated it so elegantly with wonderful space and pattern and the story is just wonderful, parents that will not listen to their child (difficult parents), thinking their child is difficult. 

Krystyna Turska I

These illustrations are from "The Prince and the Firebird" the story of ballet, published in1982 and illustrated by Krystyna Turska.

Krystyna Zofia Turska was born in 1933 and spent her childhood in Poland until World War II. In 1940 Krystyna was arrested with her family and taken to a concentration camp in Russia. She escaped to Persia and finally reached England in 1948. Krystyna studied at the Hammersmith School of Art and became an illustrator and author of children's books. Her talent was recognised with the Kate Greenaway Medal, a major British award for children's book illustration for "The Woodcutter's Duck" (1972). 

Cheyenne Goudswaard

Today Cheyenne Goudswaard's animation, 'IK BEN HIER' (I am here) premiers online, I can't wait to see the full film which was Cheyanne's graduation film for her Master’s in Animation in 2023.

1698 Flap book

 

This is a rare lift-the-flap book made by a child in 1698

The four sets of pictures are arranged side-by-side, transforming as the flaps are lowered and raised. Adam turns into Eve who becomes a mermaid. A rampant lion turns into a griffin, which becomes a baby-snatching eagle. The infant, who escapes and becomes a miser, mutates into an inverted heart, which then becomes a money bag. And finally, the rich man, once old and ill, withers to a skeleton.

The opening stanza commands readers: “Lift up and see the bride.” From there, the story–literally–unfolds as they choose. 

Currently on display at "Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling." The Morgan Library & Museum, New York