Sunday, October 21, 2012

Bat Beauty


Brendan Wenzel

 I like bats and appreciate having them around our garden, but I am quite afraid
 of them. When I was a child I was told that bats can tangled into your hair,
a thought which filled me with horror. Even now that I know it's not true,
when a bat flies inside our window, I have to duck under a blanket.
But in many of these portraits, bats actually look quite cute!
  
Biho Takashi, Bat before the Moon, ca. 1910, via the Brooklyn Museum

Edward Gorey




Charles L. Ripper, Bats, 1954, and Maurice Sendak, The Bat-Poet, 1963, 
thanks to my vintage book collection (in blog form)

Jon Contino

 Leontine Greenberg



 Vladimir Fedotov, Whose legs?, 1970, and D. Chaikin, thanks to polny_shkaf


Plankton Art Co.



Józef Wilkon, Nietoperz, 1994


Jennifer Davis


Janell Cannon, Stellaluna


Renée Treml


9 comments:

  1. PetraOctober 21, 2012 at 9:25 PM

    Wow, cool, I really like bats, they're so cute and it's really cool to see them fly in the sky!

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  2. Li-AnOctober 22, 2012 at 10:00 AM

    Some monthes ago, I saw something BIG showing under a painting on a wall. It moves ! I was scared, walk precously to look what was hidden under the painting. It was a little bat (une roussette in french). It flies away after some manipulations...

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  3. Grace BaileyOctober 23, 2012 at 8:01 AM

    Hello Laura! I just discovered your blog via Pinterest. I love it! You have a new follower! Everything you've posted has been beautiful. Thank you for including links to places from where the images are art come from. You've got a good eye for good art. These illustrations & prints are beautiful. Keep it up and thanks for sharing! (Bats are loverly little critters, when they are eating mosquitoes.)

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  4. PatriciaOctober 26, 2012 at 10:36 AM

    I've never had a bat in the house but if it's anything like having a bird than I'd be more worried for its safety than mine. We do get bats in our area but they're cruisy fruit bats not large groups of little bug eaters.

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  5. PatriciaOctober 26, 2012 at 10:38 AM

    PS I like your taste :)

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  6. Pani ZorroNovember 4, 2012 at 8:22 PM

    Hi Laura! There is another Wilkoń's story about a bat, if you don't mind -> Tallula. Best, Pani Zorro.

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  7. Nie-zła sztukaNovember 5, 2012 at 1:57 PM

    I recommend: "The Bats" by Jim Trainor:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDizcCTUGdw

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  8. ketepoNovember 20, 2012 at 3:42 PM

    hi!as usual, very cool illustrations here! <3 !

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  9. Laura OttinaNovember 23, 2012 at 2:33 PM

    Thanks for all your comments are sorry for the late answer...

    Grace and Patricia, thank you for the compliments and nice to meet you

    Thank you Pani, as you can see from my post I love Tallula too!

    Nie-zia, thanks for the link!



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