Richard Sala's Delphine #3
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Omnivoracious Reviews Cat Burglar Black!
Read full review here:
Some samples:
Richard Sala's Cat Burglar Black is a charming and stylish escapade replete with homages to the Nancy Drew series,The Secret Garden, and even, in my opinion, the set-piece capers in the Tintin adventures...
I must admit to having a soft spot for mysteries set in schools--the principal appeal of the first three Harry Potter novels for me--and Sala's taken the best part of such childhood memories as Bugs Bunny or Abbott & Costello creeping through haunted mansions and wedded it to fond-remembered scenes involving the Thompson Twins (not, dear Misguided Ones, the pop band) and even, dare I say it, Scooby Doo...
The mystery is complex and at times devilish. When you've finished, you remember with fondness nights as a child curled up with a book and a hot cocoa on the couch. The book might be aimed at a younger age group, but adults should get a nostalgic smile out of it...
Thank you, Omnivoracious!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Halloween Week - Part 2
Set of Halloween cards, using images of silk-screened art created for a 1994 Halloween art show.
Uncut silkscreen of black cat image, 14" x 18", 1994.
Uncut silkscreen of Jack-O-Lantern image, 14" x 18", 1994
Original Jack-O-Lantern line art. Pen & Ink, 14" x 18", 1994.
Front and back views of the package of "Halloween Hang-ups" made for the 1994 show. We only made around 65 of these packages, containing the hand-cut silkscreens. There were three different designs in each package, each with a stapled photocopied red cardstock header. It was all very "crafty" & low-tech & home-made. They were just intended to add a bit more fun to the show -- affordable souvenirs to be sold during the reception. When I had the opportunity to do a set of Halloween cards several years later, I decided to reuse these designs, since I was always kind of fond of them and was sorry we hadn't done a larger edition (the original group sold out within a week, although I set aside some for myself, most of which have since been sold). Below is the poster for the show:
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
It's Halloween Week
Top to bottom: (1) Halloween illustration for The New York Times from several years ago.
(2) Monster who originally appeared on an Evil Eye letter page.
(3) Art for the poster of my 1994 Halloween Show at a now-defunct gallery in San Francisco.
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