Gods and Goddesses
So now that summer has finally arrived here in Portland, Oregon, I've been doing my Maenad duty by running about sampling wine and beer. While recovering from my sampling I've been enjoying three new books I picked up at William Temple:
The faded red one is a 1933 copy of Dangerous Acquaintances with some risque illustrations by Alastair. That combined with re-reading Edith Hamilton's Mythology resulted in this new illustration of Daphne.
The Other William Morris
My boss at Oldimprint.com, Elisabeth Burdon, just returned from Brighton where she participated in a symposium on the map-maker MacDonald Gill. His pictorial maps are amazing!
She brought me back this lovely tea cup with a beautiful William Morris pattern:
Inspired to come up with something slightly less creepy than my previous root works, I completed the two pieces below on Sunday.
Untitled (2011) - 8 x 8 inches, watercolor, ink, and layered marbled paper.
Untitled 2 (2011) - 8 x 8 inches, watercolor, ink, and layered marbled & vintage paper.
