The Artist's Dream

This 'blog started just over one year ago, and I think some mighty fine images have been showcased during that span. But man and boy it's taken up a lot of time that I should've otherwise been working for a living.

I've still got tons of great material waiting to be processed and shared, but I'm going to slow down my posting schedule just a bit. There are so many sites showcasing so many great images that I'm sure you won't be inconvenienced a bit if I post every few days or so.

After I catch up on my deadlines, and get a little rest, I'll return to a daily schedule.

Below, John Anster Fitzgerald, for his own reasons, created an 1857 painting called The Artist's Dream. But it is symbolic for me, of unborn images that haunt and urge me to wake up and return to my painting.

Egyptian Myth and Legend

This book, Egyptian Myth and Legend, is available here and there as a PDF download and a selection for the Kindle. But these are my scans from an early edition of a hundred years ago. Certainly an entertaining way to learn history. Note that the final art plate in this post originates from Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, not commonly seen in detail.

The Hobgoblin

And of course let's not forget this little guy from H. J. Ford's version of The Snow Queen.

The Snow Queen King

As Steve points out in the comments to the previous post, the king of Snow Queen art is H. J. Ford, from The Pink Fairy Book. Even though the art is not in color, it fairly glows.

The Snow Queen

And another New Year's greeting, as a greeting card, from the same person a year later.

Margaret Tarrant — The Snow Queen

The Galante

This is from a postcard I received with New Year's greetings in 1985.

Stephen Fabian — The Galante — 1983

Moon's First Voyage

Continuing an odd sort of baby trend, this is an unpublished 1916ish illustration by W. Heath Robinson, entitled Moon's First Voyage.