I was talking to my friend and he had mentioned an artist by the name of Ralph Steadman. He apparently has done a lot of illustrations for novels and I wanted to see what my friends obsession was. http://www.ralphsteadman.com/01books.asp I recognized some of these covers such as Animal Farm. I think people often disregard works of art that are so common such as a book cover, fabric design, table top, billboards.. I also take comfort in the fact that he has been able to make a career out of his passion.
His art seemed to be very smudged and dark. It isn't my style of choice but it does evoke emotion. His ability to layer also impressed me http://www.ralphsteadman.com/images/00art/silks/sarajevo2.jpg. He seems to have no fear of messing up and has strong movement.
"I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me. "-Steadman.. I find this interesting considering that from what I found he almost uses writers as a partner..
-Adrean
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