Ward Schumaker: I Am Big Heaven

Ward is showing large works on paper this coming June in Shanghai, China. In this interview, he talks about the difference between ART and illustration, and how they intersect in his work.  The paintings...

Gary Kempston posts his latest witty illustrations today

Gary Kempston’s saavy illustration work explores line and form. The London based artist experiments with the texture of the picture’s surface within his pieces, and also employs asymmetric composition and...

Artist Anne Smith posts her latest lovingly detailed gouaches

London illustrator & designer Anne Smith crafts a sophisticated, richly colored, idiosyncratic, lovingly detailed, graphic gouache style- often incorporating painted type. Her work can be found in the...

Artist Chris Lane posts new work today

Chris Lane’s inks and watercolors successfully achieve whimsical satire as well as grim scenes of despair, all the while maintaining an engaging, quirky quality.  He drinks a lot of coffee, eats a lot of...

Artist Doug Bowles weaves imagination and magic

“To be successful as an illustrator today,” says Doug Bowles, “you have to make work that can't be produced any other way.” Bowles graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design in 1983, and since...

Emerging artist Jon Reinfurt posts fresh work today

Jon Reinfurt was created in 1980 by a team of German engineers attempting to build the world’s largest robot. When the team unveiled their prototype to the scientific community they were met with harsh criticism...

Artist David McLimans wins the 2007 Caldecott Award

"Madison (WI) illustrator David McLimans, whose Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet has won a 2007 Caldecott Honor.The Honor is presented each year to distinguished children's picture books by Association for...

Artist Melinda Beck posts new illustrations today

"My work is a hybrid of computer and hand done. I will often take sculptural pieces and digital photography and combine those elements into the illustration." Her illustrative process begins with many quick...

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...

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