



His style is pure joy, lyrical throwback characters, stomping fairytale fonts, perfectly planned quadrants and the colors...oh the colors! What would it be like to live in that world? I wish I could for a day...
I've been doing more graphics for the show for the past 5 days and am trying to keep it light. I mean my theme is "A Butterfly Circus" afterall...
Delightful! As an adult I never paid much attention to childrens illustrations until I had my bebe. I think I enjoy them maybe even more than he does. These are especially good!
ReplyDeleteThese are so charming!
ReplyDeleteI treasure those old illos!
ReplyDeleteI am a big fan of charley harper
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These look vaguely familiar to me...I wonder if I had seen his work as a child? The last one is my favorite :)
ReplyDeletec'est tres jolie!!! i can't tell you how much i love this style of illustration...thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love how you speak about Gree's work...you're writing is beautiful and sums up a favorite illustrator perfectly!
ReplyDeleteEver delightful! This illustrator is one of my FAVORITES :)
ReplyDeleteI love this type of illustration and the colors are a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteI want to wallpaper B's room in these.
ReplyDeletestomping fairytale fonts. i love that.
ReplyDeleteoh they are wonderful!!!
ReplyDeleteOne book I have been looking for for some time is the little golden book in which a poodle tricks a baker into letting him assist. It's from the same era.
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