Nothing pleases us more here at book patrol than happening upon an artist with a book slant. So one can imagine how excited we got when we came across the work of British artist Jonathan Wolstenholme.Three Wise Books, 2005With a keen eye, meticulous detail, and a deep appreciation for the book Wolstenholme places the codex at the center of his universe. His anthropomorphic style oozes with the love of books.The Collector, 2005Crime Writer, 2003You Cannot Judge a Book..., 2004More images herePrints of some of the images are available here
The Big Books and Word Power of Solizick Meister
One doesn't have to dig too deep into the portfolio's of Solizick Meister to find the book love.Many of her surrealist paintings and digital illustrations are saturated in book and text imagery. The piece Keyhole (shown above) is one of several in a series that feature a book dwarfing the reader. The power lies in the book. And one sees in her digital illustrations a different kind of power; a word power. In both Me and Myself and Learning (pictured at top) words literally consume the subject and seem to offer a much more freeing experience. and of course there...