~Mahmood al Khaja

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Digitale Art van Mahmood al Khaja.
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~Sunday Poem

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"From the bonny bells of heather
They brewed a drink long-syne,
Was sweeter far then honey,
Was stronger far than wine."

~ by R.L. Stevenson
Painting by Tara Larsen Chang

~Peter Pan

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Peter Pan and Wendy illustrated by
Mabel Lucie Attwell, 1921
I Found these Illustration via 0rchid-thief.livejournal.
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~Charles Santore

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Charles Santore was born in born 1935
in Philadelphia. (VS)
He  is an American illustrator best known for his
children's books. His work is on display permanently
at the Brandywine River Museum and the
Museum of Modern Art. He won the Hamilton King
award from the New York Society of Illustrators.
His book William the Curious won the 1998
Storytelling World Honor from Storytelling magazine.
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Written by
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm.
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Santore has also illustrated such classics as
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2000)
and Aesop’s Fables (1997).
Santore also writes and illustrates his own books.
His latest works are The Little Mermaid:
From the Story by Hans Christian Andersen (2009)
and The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (2009),
an illustration of an L. Frank Baum tale.
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In the 1970s, he was one of the most prolific illustrators
of TV Guide covers. He is based in Philadelphia.
A branch library in South Philadelphia is named
Charles Santore Library after his father,
a political leader.
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~Sam Skelton

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Born in 1949 Sam Skelton grew up in the
industrial town of Kirkintilloch. His father was a worker
at the local foundry and his memories of the scenes
around the foundry influenced his art work and fill his paintings.

Sam Skelton studied Graphic Design at the
Glasgow School of Art and worked as a graphic designer
before deciding to paint full time.

Sam Skelton’s paintings are nostalgic evocations
of Scotland’s industrial past: working class heroes,
boxers, a couple on a park bench, a group of men in
dark overcoats watching a game of football
played on waste ground.

The stark simplicity of Sam Skelton’s figures,
painted on rough Hessian, belie a rich heritage.
These are the kids playing on the street so familiar
from the paintings of Joan Eardley or the photographs
of Oscar Marzaroli. The influence of the great industrial
naïve painter, J.S. Lowry is clear. Skelton’s paintings are
suffused with the dark low light of Scotland in winter.
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~Cliff Nielsen

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Cliff Nielsen studied traditional and digital illustration and
graduated as valedictorian from Art Center College of Design
in 1994. His illustrations have been recognized for their
excellence by the Society of Illustrators, Print, and Spectrum.
Feature articles focusing on his work appear in design
publications and fanzine magazines alike.
Cliff has been an international speaker on digital art and
has served as a judge for the Society of Illustrators and
a variety of professional illustration award programs.
He lives in Los Angeles, California.
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Nielsen who has illustrated the covers of
several children's books, including:
-Heir Apparent
-The Shadow Children series
-The Jedi Apprentice and The New Jedi Order series
-The Diane Duane books.
-The Bloody Jack Adventures.
-The Giver cover art.
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Cliff Nielsen also illustrated the cover for the young adult
novel Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause.
He illustrated the Marvel comic book Ruins.
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~Sunday Poem!

     

Give all to love;

Give all to love;
Obey thy heart;
Friends, kindred, days,
Estate, good-fame,
Plans, credit, and the Muse,--
Nothing refuse.

'Tis a brave master;

Let it have scope:

Follow it utterly,

Hope beyond hope:

High and more high

It dives into noon,

With wing unspent,

Untold intent;

But it is a God,

Knows its own path

And the outlets of the sky.

It was never for the mean;

It requireth courage stout.

Souls above doubt,

Valor unbending,

It will reward,--

They shall return

More than they were,

And ever ascending.

Leave all for love;

Yet, hear me, yet,

One word more thy heart behoved,

One pulse more of firm endeavor,--

Keep thee to-day,

To-morrow, forever,

Free as an Arab

Of thy beloved.

Cling with life to the maid;

But when the surprise,

First vague shadow of surmise

Flits across her bosom young,

Of a joy apart from thee,

Free be she, fancy-free;

Nor thou detain her vesture's hem,

Nor the palest rose she flung

From her summer diadem.

Though thou loved her as thyself,

As a self of purer clay,

Though her parting dims the day,

Stealing grace from all alive;

Heartily know,

When half-gods go,

The gods survive.
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By Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Painting by Norman Precott Davies (1862-1915)