The Neoplasticist paintings of Piet Mondrian were among the earliest artworks I admired as a kid. In my teenage years the passion for his art intensified and at one point I wanted to study all of his works, from his earliest to his latest New York paintings. Consequently I asked my parents to buy me Mondrian’s catalogue raisonné in exchange for good grades. Luckily they agreed.
Compiled by Robert P. Welsh and Joop M. Joosten, experts on Mondrian’s naturalistic and abstract works respectively, the 1998 catalogue raisonné is a treasure trove for anyone with a passion for the backside of artworks: exhibitions, sales, owners and literature are listed for each of his works and add up to comprehensive biographies that are no less fascinating than the actual artwork. I particularly love the drawings and sketches included as they offer additional insights into Mondrian’s working process and the deep contemplation preceding each of his seemingly simple abstract works. Today Mondrian’s catalogue raisonné is also digitally available and can be accessed by anyone via pietmondrian.rkdmonographs.nl, a wonderful project that is much easier accessible and searchable than the present tomes of 7+ kilos.
Richard Hescox, “First Contact.” When I wanted to include this artwork in my art collection, I reached out to the artist for more information on where it was first published and got a surprising answer: Never. Hescox created it as a sample for his portfolio in 1975.
My art collection has a nice clean version of it in my section about gunfights in space. So, today is the first time this one has appeared in print!
My book "Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s" is out now, get it here!
Happy to reveal my full piece for the Artsy Friends GROWTH art book! 🐉🌳 My piece was inspired by Peridexion Trees and the dragons associated with them.
🌷GROWTH is live now!!🌷 This is a collaboration artbook featuring whimsy illustrations from 19 artists, all themed around the word "growth"! If you're interested in snagging a copy you can find all the details here! 👀📚
I’m happy to announce that I’m making an art book to celebrate this anniversary!
Decade collects my pixel artworks from the past 10 years with my thoughts about pixel art, retrospective interview and step-by-step breakdowns of the drawing process. Among other things, I'm happy to have a foreword from the incredible Ikumi Nakamura!
The campaign is live now! You can pledge for your copy here: https://vol.co/collections/decade
Art by Ray Feibush (left) and Bruce Pennington. Check out these illustrations along with 400 others in my new art book - "Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s" is out now!