Monday Matticchio

Sunday Safari - Better Homes & Gardens

Else Wenz-Viëtor, illustration from Hochzeit Im Walde, 1921, thanks to Arthur van Kruining

It's September again, a year since I posted Animalarium's first collection of animal houses,
and I am in the mood for more dream homes! I hope you are too...

Felix Lorioux, illustration from Fables De La Fontaine via the Hollywood Animation Archive

Miss Prickles from Bobby Bear's Annual, 1949, thanks to moonflygirl

Maginel Wright, thanks to Japonisme

 Romain Simon, illustration from Bravo tortue, 1950, thanks to micky the pixel 

Margaret Bloy Graham, illustration from The meanest squirrel I ever met, 1962,

via Curio Books

 Garth Williams, illustration from Three little animals, 1956, thanks to Sweet Juniper!

Russell and Lillian Hoban, illustration from The Mole Family's Christmas, 1969,

thanks to Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

Adelchi Galloni, illustration from La caccia alla tigre, 1975

Jean de Brunhoff, illustration from Babar and Zephir, 1937

Doris Smith, two illustrations from House by Mouse, thanks to raincloud and bijou kaleidoscope

Jill Barklem, illustration from Spring Story - A Birthday Surprise for Wilfred

Agata Dudek, illustration from The Crows of Pearblossom

Daria Tessler at Animal Sleep Stories

Sweet Dreams

Squirrel Spoon

I really enjoy the rich and colorful tenderness of Sandra Dieckmann's art.

She clearly loves animals, line drawing, patterns, and collage, and I couldn't agree with her more.

Coincidentally, as I was preparing this post, I dicovered that just yesterday she was informed

that her work has been chosen by Shaun Tan as the winner of the Emerging Talent category 

at the 2011 Cheltenham illustration awards. Congratulations Sandra!

Crowned crane

Dieckmann is from Germany and has been living in London since 2002.

You can read an interesting interview with her at We Love Creativity.

Hi : Bye

Found You There

This work is part of a collaborative project with illustrator Jaime Mills

portraying ten of the world's most endangered animals.

Japanese crane

Young Treasure

Dieckmann is very active on the internet and you can find her at her website and blog,

 on twitter, tumblr and flickr, and at her society6, etsy and Envelop shops.

Congratulations again to Sandra for her seemingly boundless energy!

Death of a Siren

This darkly surreal and poetic tale was created by the Belgian master of animation Raoul Servais in 1968.

The website of the Raoul Servais Foundation contains lots of info about the author and his works.

Siren Songs

Edward Burne-Jones, A Sea-nymph , 1881 (thanks to kraftgenie)

I have a thing for mermaids, possibly because one year I drew hundreds of them

 at the insistence of my then-toddler daughter Michelle (DIsney is to blame).

So here is another post about a subject I have already explored there, 

as interpreted by some favorite artists and new discoveries.

 Konstantin Kalinovich (thanks to 50 Watts)

 Yelena Briksenkova

 Bhajju Shyam

Becca Stadtlander

 Dani Torrent

 Jennybird Alcantara

Olaf Hajek

 Lisa Falzon

  

 Christina Bothwell

 Brad Holland

Franco Gentilini

 Fay Ku

Pablo Audadell

And by the way, this is one of my favorite songs