피도크 (pdohk)

 

I was eaten ... by Korean artist 피도크 (pdohk)

Paloma Estévez

 

Stills from a little hand-painted animation by Paloma Estévez.

Helena Minginowicz

 

Painting on incredibly fragile surfaces, this is the work of Helena Minginowicz explores the fragility, transience of life with painstakingly delicate works on disposable items like paper towels.

Evaline Ness VII

Evaline Ness from "Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog" written by Sarah Catherine Martin, 1972 

Evaline Ness VI

“Macaroon” Illustrated by Evaline Ness, written by Julia Cunningham, Published in 1962.

Evaline Ness V

The girl and the goatherd: or, This and that and thus and so by Evaline Ness, published in 1970. 

The story for this is dated and unpleasant I find in that the supposedly 'ugly' girl at the start of the book is drawn as a Native American and her transformation to 'beauty' looks very much European American. Also stories of girls wanting to be visually beautiful never appeal to me, an inner beauty and kindness are so much more important in everyone. The story follows the girl achieving the endless impossible demands of the witch, with the help of a goat herder whom she never thanks. However, the illustrations are sometimes absolutely wonderful, the witch is fabulous, as are the goats, trees and layout.  

Evaline Ness IV

'Fierce the Lion' by Evaline Ness published in 1980. It has been an Evaline Ness week but I make no excuse I love her colour, drawing and the layering of print. This book is an absolute beauty. 

Liz Foulis

Picture by Liz Foulis a Scottish artist in response to a busy noisy world of too many words.

Tired of all who come with words, words but no language

l went to the snow-covered island.

The wild does not have words.

The unwritten pages spread out on all sides!

I come upon the tracks of roe deer in the snow.

Language but no words

Tomas Tranströmer

Evaline Ness II

 

What a joy these limited palette illustrations by Evaline Ness are. These are from the book 'Favourite Fairy Tales Told in Italy' re-told by Virginia Haviland published 1965.

Evaline initially trained as a school librarian before re-training as a Fashion illustration, eventually in 1957 she devoted herself to children's book illustration and illustrated over thirty children's books.