open a vein: No, not him. Or him.

Friday 16 August 2013

No, not him. Or him.

When I saw a book in the library with 'Charley Harper' on the spine, straight away I thought of this guy
.

http://uksubstimeandmatter.net/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_chpolsk2.jpg

... the ageing punk rock idol. Somebody younger might have thought of this guy...

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/001/277/692/1288546236712_f1_display_image.jpg?1315512497

..Charlie Sheen's saner alter ego from 'Two and a half men'.
In fact it was about an American artist I'd never heard of, who created amazing pictures of wildlife. They are often stylised and angular, but they look fantastic. I love them.

http://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Charley-Harper-Snowy-Egret.jpg

http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/harper2.jpg

http://moldychum.typepad.com/moldy_chum/images/2008/06/03/1070724364_298db53859.jpg

http://shhsgraphicdesign.wikispaces.com/file/view/charles-harper-raccoons-doecdoe-blogspot-com.jpg/373757554/800x592/charles-harper-raccoons-doecdoe-blogspot-com.jpg

http://designythings.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/charley-harper-by-motaw13b.jpg?w=560

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01181/arts-graphics-2007_1181154a.jpg

Piranhas eating cows, anacondas crushing jaguars, raccoon muggers - all simplified yet not diminished.

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0187/1722/products/CH_illustratedlife_05_1024x1024.jpg?2282

2 comments:

Unknown27 August 2013 at 01:08
Are these prints? They're not linocuts are they?
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Unknown28 August 2013 at 12:14
They're illustrations, but could easily be linos. From a book in college library.
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