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Waterfall by MC Escher
MC Escher was an amazing Dutch artist whose surreal art prints like the impossible Waterfall shown here still dumbfound people as was undoubtedly Escher’s intention. MC Escher challenges the way we look at the world and the way our sense of sight works. Just glance at any Escher art print or poster and it hits you as he shows how the perspective can be manipulated to trick you into thinking we are seeing something you are not seeing. Even when you look closely at MC Escher’s art it can be hard to see how it all works. How did MC Escher manage to make it look like the waterfall is perpetual? How does it end up where it started defying all the logic of our perceptions? MC Escher was an extraordinary Dutch artist with a keen interest in geometry. MC Escher produced many surreal visual puzzles and some of these Escher puzzles were used for album cover art like Reptiles for the Mott the Hoople album. MC Escher’s work, has never really dated and an MC Escher impossible puzzle looks as freash today as it did back when he drew them.
A guest in your home seeing Escher’s endless waterfall is going to be drawn to comment. If you’d like to see our range of MC Escher prints and posters then just click here where there are plenty of different Escher products to chose from either for yourself or to give someone else a slice of Escher mind-bending!
The Artists UK Krazy Summer Sale is finally over and what a busy summer it has been. In some respects it is good that it has not been so warm up here! Did we really sell over 50 prints and posters for only 1p? It seems like some of our customers really couldn’t believe their luck. Strangely, the hits on our website and the orders that are coming in after the sale are well up so maybe our madness has not been so mad after all. Maybe all our grateful customers receiving their print or poster for only 1p have been telling other people how mad we are … or maybe something a little kinder. We do our best and can only hope 
- Book of Merlin by Alan Lee
The classic picture shown on the right here is towards the end of the story of King Arthur’s life by TH White and a wonderful depiction by Alan Lee of both King Arthur and Merlin. This beautiful painting, well actually a combination of drawing and watercolour painting, was reproduced as a fine-art limited edition print that has always been popular. The detail in the picture is incredible and really evokes the whole scene so well. This was of course drawn and painted prior to Alan Lee’s rise to fame with the Lord of the Rings trilogy that earned him such high awards. When you look at the quality of his drawing and painting it is not surprising. Actually, it is more surprising that it took so long for the general public to become aware of such talent. But then we always seem to rate our film and pop celebrities way above our artists. That perhaps says something about our modern culture or a lack of it. At any rate, it is quite certain that Alan Lee’s work will be enjoyed as long as there are people on the planet to enjoy it and will be an inspiration to many future artists. Why not click the comments button and tell us what Alan Lee’s art means to you?
To see more art by Alan Lee click here.
The War Spell by Ed Org
This amazingly beautiful pencil sketch has just been published as a fine art limited edition print limited to only 850 copies signed and numbered by the artist Ed Org. Like all his pencil sketch work it is finely detailed and tremendously evocative. No wonder his fame is growing by leaps and bounds. There are very few artists in the genre to compete with him in terms of composition or technique. There are prints available now to suit practically any pocket or wall space from the small moon faerie sketches and countryside themes to these medium sized prints right up to the enormous ‘Wife of Lleu’ that despite its size and price is still one of his most popular works. If there is a list of current artists in the fantasy genre whose work is most likely to be viewed very favourably in the future and become extremely collectible then no doubt Ed Org must be well-placed on that list. You’ll find more examples of his excellent artwork here.
Yes, I know we’ve been lazy and not posted one for April or May but we have been incredibly busy for this time of year. Even the world cup doesn’t seem to have slowed us down this time, which is very surprising given that most of our stock relates to football in precisely the same way that chocolate retailers relate to brain surgery
For this month we have chosen a picture by renowned artist Stuart Dilley. Well, when I say renowned, you have to be in the know, since most of his work is done under licence for a major clothing manufacturer and you’ve probably been wearing his designs without even realising it. I’m not sure this picture wuill give you much of a clue either as he is very versatile in the way he produces different artistic effects for different subjects.
Nimue's Grove by Stuart Dilley
A fabulous painting by Stuart Dilley available as a large or standard sized signed print. If you click on the image you’ll go to Stuart Dilley’s section on our ecommerce site and see more of his work. There are many different versions of stpries about Nimue. The legend of Merlin and Nimue is an intriguing tale that entails love, spells, and death told through various stories in literature. The Lady of the Lake is usually referred to by various spellings of the names Nimue or Vivienne. The Lady of the Lake is the name of several related characters who play parts in the legends of King Arthur.
Click on the Dark Dragon and see more great art by Ciruelo Cabral!