Archive for February 2010
Artists rarely have time to put pen to paper or bash out an email about what they are doing but occasionally we get updates on what artists are doing and what shows they are at etc. Michael Kaluta, the well-known American artist, while waiting for the go-ahead for his latest project, has told us what he’s been up to in his last busy year. This is what Michael Kaluta has to say -
“… back in March ‘09, I was drawing the 3rd issue of a 5-issue story arc for DC/Vertigo’s Madame Xanadu comic book: the collected issues, titled Exodus Noir, just hit the stands here in the States.
Fate of Dollies Lost in Dreams by Michael Kaluta
Sentry by Michael Kaluta
The difficulty with some of Michael Kaluta’s work is that although it is quite immediate, vibrant and colourful, you don’t really appreciate it until you look at it closely and carefully. So few people take the time to really look at art and they are poorer for the lack of attention they give to it. If you want art to touch you then you have to give it your attention. A quick glance and, “Oh that’s nice” really doesn’t do it. Art will draw you in and reach depths of you that you didn’t know existed but you have to give it the chance to do that. These two paintings by Michael Kaluta are very much like that. ‘Fate of Dollies’ will probably awaken feelings you haven’t had since you were a child and possibly the same with ‘Sentry’. ‘Sentry’ is more complex and poses more questions but both are truly evocative pieces like so much of Michael Kaluta’s work. Let’s hope he’s doing it for many more years to come.
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The Phoenix conceived by Roger Garland
Phoenix poster by Roger Garland
This brilliant painting was painted by well-known Tolkien artist Roger Garland way back and is one of the best depictions of the phoenix ever. It was only ever reproduced as a large poster that for various reasons was poorly distributed making copies hard to find. We were lucky to buy up the last of them from Roger Garland himself some years back and he signed them all with a silver pen. A very impressive large image that will make you want to run around the room playing air guitar and singing the Wishbone Ash song! If you can’t remember the words then here they are:
Bird rise high from the cinders
Leave it all behind
All the ruins and the fire
Bird raise your head from the ashes
Many men lay dead
You can see them like I
Phoenix rise
Raise your head to the sky
American Indian inspired art by Susan Seddon Boulet - click on Athena to go there!