Mysterious Wanderings

A Moment of Respite

I am deeply fascinated by the arcane and magical worlds

evoked by the art of Andy Kehoe. I would love to take a walk

through his mystical forests and encounter his fabulous 

and harmless looking spirits, dragons and ghouls.

Who knows what secrets they may carry!

Carrier of Secrets and Mysteries

Meeting of Forest Dragons

Under the Gaze of the Glorious

March of the Exiled

Upside-down World of the Optimistic

On the Banks of Broken World

Ghouls of the Forest Deep

Hope in the Future

 King of the Hermits

 Forever my Fellow

 The Flood brings Curious Encounters

All things turn to Brilliance

Monday Matticchio

Franco Matticchio, illustration from La casa incantata by Furio Jesi

Sunday Safari - Let's Dance

Toti Scialoja

Everyone's invited to the Great Italian Liberation Ball! 

Danse Fantastique from La Caricature, 1830, Via Vintage Printable

Elise Bake, Der Ball der Tiere, 1891, 

and Eugen Osswald, Der Ball der Tiere, 1917

via the International Children's Digital Library

W. W. Denslow's Mother Goose

The Grasshopper Ball, 1927, via SurrenderDorothy

 WIlly Schermele, Ondjes (1930s?), via Jan Willemsen

Garth Williams, Wait Till the Moon is Full, 1948, thanks to try-whistling-this

Anthony Gilbert from Lilliput, March 1947

Cornelius van Velsen, Het Draaiorgeltje,1965, thanks to Arthur van Kruining

Cristina Berardi

Kitty Crowther

Gianluca Folì, Kuma Dansu

Vladimir Radunsky, Hip Hop Dog

Oscar Baillif

Calef Brown

Jon Klassen, Cat's Night Out

Streamlined Zoo

Henri Creuzevault, The Jungle Book binding, 1925

I am working on a lesson about the graphic design of the 1920s and 30s,

hence the inspiration for this elegant Art Deco menagerie.

For more designs from the era, you may take a tour here and there.

 Edward McKnight Kauffer, poster for the London Underground, 1923, 

thanks to Cabinet Magazine

Rembrandt Bugatti, Nubian Lion, ca.1910 

Jean Carlu, Aquarium de Monaco, 1926, thanks to Pignouf

Japanese sculpture, 1928, thanks to Paris Originals

 Edmund Bartlomiejczyk, 1929

Art Deco Llama made from Glass and silver, thanks to Lost Found

Dinner menu from the Orient Line Orion, 1937, thanks to Bonito Club

Fábrica de Loiça de Sacavém

 Japanese New Year's Card, 1932, thanks to Aqua-Velvet

Edouard-Marcel Sandoz

Ceramiche Rometti, Rondini, 1936

An Angel Fish from Penrose magazine, 1930,

thanks again to The Visual Telling of Stories

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Last night Seba and I watched this awe-inspiring documentary by the great German director Werner Herzog.

He was allowed to film in the normally inaccessible Chauvet Cave, home to an extraordinary bestiary

 of hundreds of animal wall paintings created around 35,000 years ago. These beautiful and stunning

artworks are the oldest visual representations known to have been created by man.

What an astonishing journey into the mysterious world of our collective ancestors!