Monday , June 14, 2010
Random Picture Entry: Charley Harper
Why did no one tell me about Charley Harper earlier in my life?!!!! I confess that I don't know much about illustrators as I'd like, but I saw Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life at Barnes & Nobles and was floored by how bold and whimsical his work is. It's one of those things where you just have an instinctive reaction to it, and my particular instinctive reaction was pure happiness and joy. How can you not feel these emotions when you look at his stylized, utterly charming drawings and paintings of wildlife? I love the color sense of his illustrations, and the way they have both simplicity and complexity: the forms themselves are simple, but the arrangement of elements in the space has an intricacy that makes you feel like you are looking at the world's happiest puzzles. I'm especially fond of his illustrations of birds, and he must have been awfully fond of winged creatures as well, because he drew and painted many of them.
I really recommend taking a gander at the book itself, it's really marvelous!
Tags: birds, Charley Harper, illustration
Share | 
| 
| 
|
|
Posted by Kat in Random Picture Entry |
Permalink |
Leave a comment |
Comments (3)
+ Contact Us
+ HOME
3 Comments!!
Say something so insightful and witty, it will blow us away. (No pressure.)
Got something to say? We'd love to hear it! Name, email and "type in the weirdo drunken text" thingie are all required to comment; don't worry, we won't email you or anything, we just want to make sure you're not an evil spambot. Keeping in mind the good-times mentality we like to keep going here, we've worked hard to keep NOGOODFORME.COM as fun as possible. We welcome all kinds of comments, but insults/abuse/general bitchery are not tolerated. In other words, we put the smackdown on evil troll posts. If you want to be a hater, please go elsewhere. Now, as Salt 'N Pepa say, "Only the sexy people..."
that is my favorite dog illustration in all the world!
By Liz
on January 6, 2010 4:16 PM
So awesome, I'm even able to overcome my ornithophobia!
By Laura
on January 6, 2010 6:55 PM
LJ: i know! i wrote it before i know of your ornithophobia! i was wondering if you would be able to even look at our blog while it was up!
liz: SUCH a cute doggie, no?
xo k.
By Kat
on January 6, 2010 9:27 PM