F is for Finding Fiction in the Forestclick to enlargeJoel Robison is a twenty-something photographer living in British Columbia. He goes by the handle Boy_Wonder on Flickr and his photostream is packed with over 1,500 images. “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” - Lewis CarrollLuckily, for us, one of the objects he consistently pays homage to are books as they permeate many of his landscapes. R is for ReadingThey in turn lift him up and weigh him down. They are both larger than life and an integral part...
Evolution of a Painted Librarian: Peter Sis channels Giuseppe Arcimboldo
The Librarian (Wolfgang Lazius), ca. 1562. Oil on canvas. 97 x 71 cm (38 3/16 x 28 in.)In the mid-16th century the Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo gave us The Librarian, a portrait composed almost entirely of books. One of the most original painters of the Renaissance it is not hard to see how his work would influence the Surrealists and Cubists some 400 years later.In his 1994 book The Three Golden Keys illustrator Peter Sís "recaptures the wonder of his own lost childhood in Prague and celebrates the city's cultural heritage, reborn after forty-five years of Communist rule." One of...