~Scott Gustafson

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Scott Gustafson’s earliest artistic ambition was
to become an animator. But by the time he entered
high school, he became acquainted with artists
from the Golden Age of Illustration.
Great illustrators like N.C. Wyeth, Normal Rockwell,
Maxfield Parrish and Arthur Rackham opened
a door onto a world of beautiful images that
continue to inspire him to this day.
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Lingering dreams of making animated films,
however, led Scott to major in animation at
the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
It wasn’t until after leaving art school that the
possibility of a career as a freelance illustrator
began to truly appeal to him.
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Over the nearly twenty-five years that span
his career, he has had the opportunity to fulfill
commissions for a number of varied clients and
publishers such as Celestial Seasonings,
Playboy magazine, Saturday Evening Post,
The Bradford Exchange, Dreamworks and
The Greenwich Workshop.
. . . 
His illustrated books include The Night Before Christmas,
Peter Pan, Nutcracker, as well as two original titles,
Animal Orchestra and Alphabet Soup.
His newest release, Classic Fairy Tales,
was recently awarded a Chesley award for best
interior book illustrations from the Association
of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists.
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LINK HERE AND HERE
Artwork © Scott Gustafson
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by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (English 1836-1912)
~ In The Peristyle

~Thomas Moran

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Thomas Moran 1893 Chicago World’s Fair
(World’s Columbian Exposition),
watercolor and graphite on moderately thick wove paper,
Brooklyn Museum, NYC, NY.
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Thomas Moran was an American painter and
printmaker, talented illustrator and exquisite colorist,
one of the premier painters of the American landscape.
The paintings of Moran reveal the scale and the
splendor of the beautiful places he was attracted to.

WILL SOMEONE TAKE ME HERE,
PLEASE?

~Leonora Carrington

1947 Leonora Carrington (Mexican 1917-25 May 2011)
~ The Giantess (The Guardian of the Egg)
READ MORE ABOUT THIS ARTIST
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~Raining again…

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Art by Maria Zeldis
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I found this very talented artist
on Deviantart.com.

~The Pagemaster

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I found this lovely book on a fleamarket
Written by David Kirschner and Ernie Contreras.
Illustrated by Jerry Tiritilli
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About a young boy Richard Tyler, an easily bullied,
nervous wreck of a kid who's an expert
on safety statistics.

He overcomes his obsessive fears
by discovering a love for books in this animated
fantasy adventureund,  His mother and father don't
know how to inspire their son to embrace life boldly.
Barely able to leave the house,
Richard ventures out one day, but he gets lost in a
storm and ends up at a mysterious library.
Inside, he slips, knocks himself unconscious and
finds himself in a cartoon realm where books come to life.
Guided by Adventure, Fantasy and Horror
Tyler experiences the adventures of classic novels
such as Moby Dick and Treasure Island,
and he even meets some famed fictional characters,
such as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Through his experiences in the pages of the
legendary books, Richard confronts his phobias and
learns to face life more courageously.
. . .
The Pagemaster is brought to life in a 1994 adventure
fantasy film starring Macaulay Culkin,
Christopher Lloyd, Patrick Stewart,
Whoopi Goldberg,
Frank Welker, and Leonard Nimoy.
The film was produced by Turner Pictures and released
by 20th Century Fox on November 23, 1994.
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Have a wonderful weekend

and a lovely fathersday!

~Walter Langley

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Walter Langley
(Birmingham, 1852 - Penzance, 1922)
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~Rachel Anderson

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Her name is Rachel Anderson
She has been fascinated with the world
of fantasy since she was little,
when her parents began reading books to her,
like Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz.
From then on her imagination was
incurably overactive.
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CLICK HERE to visit her Website
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Another wonderful painting by
Johanna Harmon

~Johanna Harmon

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by Johanna Harmon (American 1968-)
~ Bejewelled,
LINK HERE FOR WEBSITE

~Paul César Helleu

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1900 Paul César Helleu (1859–1927)
Portrait of Alice Guérin, oil on canvas.
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Helleu is best known for his portraits of many of
the most famous and beautiful women of his time
including the Duchess of Marlborough,
the Countess of Greffulhe and the Marchesa Casati.

He was commissioned to paint a portrait of a
young woman named Alice Guerin in 1884.
They fell in love, and married two years later
(July 28, 1886). She was undoubtedly his
favourite model. Charming, refined, and graceful,
she helped introduce them to the aristocratic
circles of Paris, where they were popular fixtures.
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~Watty Piper

The best known incarnation of the story
The Little Engine That Could was written
by "Watty Piper", a pen name of Arnold Munk,
who was the owner of the publishing firm Platt & Munk.
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Arnold Munk was born in Hungary, and as a child,
moved with his family to the United States,
settling in Chicago. Later he moved to New York.
Platt & Munk offices were at 200 Fifth Avenue
till 1957 when Arnold Munk died.
Arnold Munk, used the name Watty Piper as
both an author of children's books and as the
editor of many of the books that
Platt & Munk published.
He personally hired Lois Lenski to illustrate
the book. This retelling of the tale The Pony Engine
appeared in 1930.
The first edition attributes Mabel C. Bragg as
the originating author. However, Mabel C. Bragg,
a school teacher in Boston, Massachusetts,
never claimed to have originated the story.
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In 1954, Platt & Munk published another version
of The Little Engine That Could, with slightly
revised language and new, more colorful illustrations
by George and Doris Hauman
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Copyright © Alexander Jansson
Plain Kate by *enigma-astralis

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"I believe in pink.
I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner.
I believe in kissing, kissing a lot.
I believe in being strong when everything
seems to be going wrong.
I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.
I believe that tomorrow is another day
and I believe in miracles."
— Audrey Hepburn

~Wallpaper…

Vintage Illustrations used as Wallpaper?

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Where did all my comments
and my good cheers go?
Sorry People
I did not delate them…
for sure!

                

Remember Anne Shirley:
Tomorrow is always Fresh...

this is a good cheer, isn’t it?

With many Thanks to Teresa, from Portugal
Illustration by Shiori Matsumoto

Many Thanks to all of you
for the prayers
and the sweets thoughts coming this way!
It makes me feel much better!

Although I had never talk about myself on this blog,
I would like to inform you this…

I will end this blog for a while
(I don’t know for how long)
for a few different reasons, such as

I am not feeling oké
the death of my ex is
taking me back to memory lane
and those memories are not good at all,

my health fails me,
day after day I feel worse.
and on top of that ..
my best friend dumps me for no reason!
and even won’t talk to me..

and even more shit seems
to happen to me,
all at this same time,
and frankly
All in all, is it
Just a little bit too much for me!

In the mean time
I am lucky to have Richard
who will help me to pick up the pieces
and take care of me!

So please remember me in your prayers?
Love XXX Anna

~Harold Knight

by Harold Knight
(English 1874-1961)

Art by Beatrix Potter
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Have a Lovely

Weekend!!!

XXX

~Alice

You've got to watch this video to see this clever
Alice in Wonderland iPad book in action.
Source

I'm certainly ready for an iPad!
What about you?

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by Amelia Jane Murray,
and HERE
With thanks to Philip

 

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The Easter Rabbit by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

The Bumper Book; A bumper crop of good stories and poems to grow on”
Illustrated by Eulalie
Edited by Watty Piper
1946
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Through the sunshine,
through the shadow,
down the hillside,
down the meadow,
little streams
run bright and merry,
bursting with the news
they carry,

singing, shouting,
laughing, humming,
"Easter's coming,
Easter's coming!"
by Aileen Fisher~

Have a wonderful easter weekend!

~Peder Severin Kroyer

 

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Peder Severin Kroyer ~ Summer Evening at Skagen,
(The Artist’s Wife with a Dog on the Beach),
oil on canvas.

Peder Severin Kroyer was a Norwegian-Danish painter.
He is one of the best known and beloved, and undeniably
the most colorful of the Skagen Painters, a community
of Danish and Nordic artists who lived or worked
in Skagen, Denmark. Kroyer was the unofficial leader
of the group. Kroyer painted many beach scenes
featuring both recreation life on the beach
(bathers, strollers), and local fishermen.
The model for Summer Evening at Skagen
was Marie Kroyer, the beautiful wife of the painter.

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~Rie Cramer

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A vintage mermaid book illustration
by Rie Cramer. (Dutch)

~Patricia Beeman Ardley

by Patricia Beeman Ardley,
(c.1930)

~Sunday Poem

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     Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
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Poem by Emily Dickinson
Art byTheo Van Hoytema
1902 (detail)

Wishing you a Lovely Sunny Weekend

~Hugh Thompson

1920 Hugh Thompson ~ Illuminating…
the dusky mirror; from The scarlet letter,
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, New York

~Alice

© Brandi Milne

~Donna Green

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~Gustaf Tenggren

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by Gustaf Tenggren

Rapunzel by E.F. Harrison

When I undo the knotted mass,
Fathoms below the shadows pass
Over my hair along the grass.
O my golden hair!

~ by William Morris

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A Portrait of Princess Marthe Bibesco
by Giovanni Boldini

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
ENJOY!!!

~Map of Narnia

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LINK HERE for the ones with poor eyes!
Thanks Philip ;o)