Mackenzie Thorpe: A World of his Own

Mackenzie Thorpe. Sweetheart. 2012 Calendar (Front) by TeNeues.

Mackenzie Thorpe. 2012 Calendar (Back) by TeNeues.

I finally bought my 2012 calendars two weeks ago – by March, the pickings are slim, and I was drawn to this one by Mackenzie Thorpe. There are many illustrators, graphic designers and artists that I greatly admire for their visual richness and ingenuity, some of whom were also featured in that pile of 2012 calendars, but few moved me the way Mr. Thorpe’s work did, and, still does. I want to know these people. How are their lives? What are their loves? What are their thoughts? Are they happy? Are they sad? They kind of look…both.

Mackenzie Thorpe. In The Land Of A Dream. Lithograph.

I want to be under that night sky.

Mackenzie Thorpe. Under a Moon. Serigraph.

I want to walk alongside those sheep at bloody sunset…

Mackenzie Thorpe. High on the Land. Lithograph.

- in fact, I can’t even think of them as pictures – I think of them as a world I could inhabit. The longer I look at them, the longer I ruminate – I have more questions about the going-ons of Thorpe’s world!

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Drawing the Line at the Japanese American Museum: Ben Sakugochi

I was in Los Angeles for the President’s Day weekend and was fortunate enough to catch the last day of Drawing the Line at the Japanese American National Museum, in Los Angeles, California. Drawing the Line was part of Pacific Standard Time – an unprecedented collaboration, initiated by the Getty, to bring together more than sixty cultural institutions from across Southern California for six months from October – April 2011 to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene. Los Angeles, can be pretty cool that way. The exhibition was a selection of the dynamic and diverse Japanese American contributions to the visual landscape of L.A. in the period following World War II. 

Two of my favorite artists were Ben Sakugochi and Qris Yamashita.

Ben Sakugochi. Post Cards from Camp: White Man's Neighbourhood. 16" x 11". Acrylic on Canvas.

Ben Sakoguchi was born in 1938, in San Bernardino California.  During World War II, his family was incarcerated by the United States government because of their Japanese ancestry, so he spent his early childhood in an internment camp at Poston, Arizona.

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Alexander Girard

 

Alexander Girard. Vitra Dolls. 1963. Wood and Paint.

Alexander Girard (May 24, 1907 – 1993) was an American architect and textile designer. Girard is widely known through his work for Herman Miller (1952 to 1975), where he created fabrics for the designs of George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames. He was greatly inspired by folk art, popular art, toys, and textiles.

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Angie Lewin

Angie Lewin (born c.1964)is a British printmaker working in linocut, wood engraving, lithography and screen printing. She studied BA(Hons) Fine Art Printmaking at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design between 1983 and 1986, followed by a year’s part-time postgraduate printmaking at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. She works out of Aylsham, in Norfolk, England.

Angie Lewin. Sheperd's Purse. Linocut.

 

Angie Lewin. Winter Birches. Screenprint.

 

Angie Lewin. Spey Path 1. Screenprint.

 

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Invisible Creature

Invisible Creature is Seattle-based illustrating duo, Don and Ryan Clark, transplanted from Sacramento, CA. Here are a few of my favorites.

Whino The Clown. 12″ × 12″ Giclee Print. CLIENT: Poster Cabaret

 

This is Why I Sing. 24″ × 18″ poster. CLIENT: Greg Lutze

Young the Giant. CD PACKAGING. 8 page folder. CLIENT: Roadrunner Records

My Morning Jacket. 24″ × 18″ poster. CLIENT: Seattle Theatre Group

 

Hope. 18″ × 24″ poster. CLIENT: Hurricane Poster Project

 

Kings Of Leon - The Lonely King. 18″ × 24″ poster. CLIENT: Live Nation

 

Tags: Don and Ryan Clark, Featured Artist, Invisible Creature

Patrick Hruby

Restarting my blog with these amazing works by Patrick Hruby – a Los Angeles based illustrator. I would love to have a large scale books of his vibrant, retro-modern, illustrations. But, for now, I am getting his new children’s book – Counting in the Garden (Ammo Books, 2011).

Patrick Hruby. Counting in the Garden (Cover Illustration). 2011.

Patrick Hruby. Odysseus and Charybdis.

Patrick Hruby. Ronald Ray-gun.

Patrick Hruby. Parade.

Patrick Hruby. Imaginary Castle.

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Site Under Maintenance: Ignore the Barrage of Updates

Hello, patient subscribers,

I am in the process of revamping my posts, and it will be a while before everything has been tagged, formatted and updated – till I find a way to turn off the RSS feed on my free version of wordpress.com, please ignore the million updates you have been getting since last week.

I will post a note when I am done with updating. Thanks for your patience, and bringing this to my attention.

Sincerely,

Aditi

Thank You from Inika

Aditi Raychoudhury. Waiting. 2010. Adobe Illustrator CS5.

Aditi Raychoudhury. Waiting (Envelope). 2010. Adobe Illustrator CS5.

Inika arrived in September, 2010. A BIG thank you to everyone who has been part of that journey.

Tags: Adobe Illustrator CS, Art + Illustration, Thank You Card

Michael Wertz

Michael Wertz. Dog Dreams. 2009. Letterpress.

Michael lives and works in Oakland, California with his husband, musician and programmer Andrew Cowitt and their dog Olive. Looking forward to his Dog Dreams book release.

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Ty Wilkins

Ty Wilkins. Fox.

Ty Wilkins for Gardner Design

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