Friday, March 14, 2008

Vintage Easter Cards from Germany



These three embossed lithograph postcards with gold highlights were made by John Finkenrath of Berlin (P.F.B.) 1908. (Green Castle Museum Easter Exhibit - collection of Bonnie A. Shockey).
I like how they show surrealistic scenes of lambs pulling big eggs instead of the usual cliche (children with bunnies).
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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Bad links, what can ya do?

Blab Show paintings 2006 by Amy Crehore

I noticed that a heck of a lot of old links going to pages on my website are not working. That's because my website host made us change to a new template program a few months ago. I have tried to go back into my blog archive and correct some of these links, but I know that a lot of external links from other blogs and such are dead now. Hopefully people will google my name and find my new website if they are interested enough. Maybe some of these blogs will correct their links.


Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Gazette Du Bon Ton










La Gazette du Bon Ton was a leading French fashion magazine that was published from November 1912 to 1925 and founded by Lucien Vogel. There is an amazing digital archive of the pages from this magazine on a Japanese library website and it is guaranteed to fascinate illustrators and painters alike - featuring the artwork of :


Tuesday, March 11, 2008

One Cool Blog Leads to Another



Painting by Meredith Frampton - British Painter 1894-1984.

I found some of these images on a wonderful blog that specializes in art deco things from the 1920's and 1930's:
That blog lead me to another blog that has many beautifully illustrated vintage travel posters, cigarette advertisements and magazine covers:

Monday, March 10, 2008

Howard and Barbara Armstrong's Art

Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong
"That was under the house where I lived. The cat thinks I'm disturbing his domain. There wasn't a cat in the neighborhood that liked me. I'd pull the hair out of a cat's tail to make a paint brush. I'd tie it to a goose quill with thread." -Howard Armstrong, drawing by Howard Armstrong
"I always made clothes and dolls, and it was nothing new. I was focused on dance and theater and never in my wildest imagination did I take what I was doing as an ‘art form.' And all of a sudden, the dolls that were sitting in my backyard appeared in the Museum of Fine Arts and they had a new term, ‘soft sculpture.'" -Barbara Ward Armstrong, Dolls by Barbara Ward Armstrong
"My goal is to use soft sculpture imagery to visually state our experiences, to expand the knowledge about ourselves and others from different racial backgrounds. My inspiration comes from living."- Barbara Ward Armstrong
There is so much more to this story, just follow the link.
Read all about Howard and Barbara Armstrong's amazing art and music at:

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The Art of Amy Crehore





Awaiting "Tickler" Uke Number Two

My Tickler Uke #1
My Tickler T-shirt design
Gary over at Ukulelia blog wrote up a nice post about Tickler Ukes,
the t-shirt and my art. Thanks, Gary! Written from the perspective of a uke-playing clown (or hanging from the sound hole of a girl's uke):

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Barefoot Girl

"The Delegate's Daughter" by Aron Wiesenfeld
I like this painting of a young woman by Aron Wiesenfeld. Wish I could view it larger. Looks like she's got a slingshot in her hand. Is she a barefoot huntress? The rabbit is not a stuffed toy? I like the simplicity of the composition, her super long legs, the spindly tree on top of the bluff that she is holding onto. The mysterious grey sky. The title suggests that she should not be out hunting in barefeet. More of his work online at: