The Art of Scott Benson
All pieces available as prints at etsy. Scott’s art is a witch’s brew flavored with Richard Scarry’s spirit along with modern geeky spices and mixed by dancing animals in the forest. At least, that’s how I imagined it.
Svjetlan Junakovic’s “Great Book of Animal Portraits”
Sotheby’s will be auctioning these works off next month in “Playing Poker: Theme and Variation.” OK, not really, but seriously Sotheby’s—something to consider?
Eric Carle’s “The Mixed-Up Chameleon”
Tiny chameleons.
Photo from AP
Flying dragon.
Joseph Fleischmann, from Brehms Tierleben (Brehm’s animal life) vol. 2, by Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig, Vienna, 1913.
(Source: archive.org)
1954 Rocks and Minerals
The cover and two images from artist Fritz Scholder’s Book of Symbols for Children, published by Nazraeli Press.
Look closer!
Dr. Gary Greenberg uses his HD 3-D microscope to photograph ordinary grains of sand from beaches throughout the world. Each grain can take hours to photograph, as he shoots them from numerous angles and later composites them into one image.
See more of his work at sandgrains.com.
I know Pietari Posti for her book jacket illustrations, but you have to love these Moby Dick book marks put them together and tell your own deep sea adventure !
Carson Ellis
Rockpool prawn (Palaemon elegans) by Center for Image in Science and Art _ UL.
Helena Encarnação, MHNF, 2010
This prawn is very common in the tidal pools. Its near transparency is a challenge to paint it on a white background.
Technique: Watercolor and gouache on paper
During his 30 year career as a children’s book publisher, Klaus Flugge recieved almost 100 beautifully illustrated envelopes by artists including Posy Simmonds, Tony Ross and Axel Scheffler.
Klaus Flugge: ‘I am immensely proud to be the recipient and owner of almost 100 envelopes from talented artists such as David McKee, Satoshi Kitamura, Tony Ross and others.’
‘David McKee came across a book of illustrated envelopes entitled Letters to Georgio by the well known French artist Jean-Michel Folon which inspired him to start the collection. His first few envelopes were displayed in my office, and influenced other artists working for Anderson Press to do the same.’
From the lovely Flowers Picked and Gathered.
