http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php Personnal news module for John Howe en-us http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php Personnal news module for John Howe http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P222 Last week, I was going to pursue that Flat Earth theme, but got distracted (again). I had a visit from a friend. My high-school buddy Harold stopped over on a trek through Europe, hot on the trail of Goethe. He told me a story from back west. Here it is. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P221 I was going to write something whimsical about how and when the Earth was thought to be flat, but an illustrator friend reminded me of something that seemed far more important than falling off a hypothetical edge of the world, and aptly so, since it appears that the world of image-making as we know it is on the verge of a plunge into the unknown itself. As usual in such cases, it is exceedingly difficult, amidst the welter of unsorted and contradictory information, to get any clear idea of... http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P219 As part of the launch of the French edition of Fantasy Art Workshop, there will be a little show in Paris, at the Galerie Arludik on the Īle Saint-Louis, on April 17th. All the information is on the card below. This is also one of the extremely, very, exceedingly, exceptionally, extraordinarily, singularly, uncommonly, decidedly, particularly, remarkably, really, truly, awfully, fearfully, terribly, seriously few times I will have anything actually really for sale. Not a lot mind you, but... http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P218 Recently I've been happily plowing through a biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs. A hefty two-volume affair, by Irwin Porges, it is eminently entertaining reading and above all packed with quotes. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P217 I've been spending a lot of time leafing through old atlases and encyclopedias, both physically and on the net, and have become enamoured of the various and varying views of the world of yore*. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P214 The other day, walking outdoors was like stepping into a picture. The lake and precocious moon were by Aivasovsky. Not turbulent enough to try as a Turner, but there was a hint of mist courtesy of Caspar David Friedrich. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P216 The other day, on a business trip (I love saying "business trip", it makes this cockeyed profession of drawing pictures sound somehow actually respectable) to the Alsace, we took a couple of hours to wander around Colmar before heading home. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P215 Every now and then, a person just gets too busy to think. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P200 Yes, I realize the title sounds like the name of a lacrosse team (but it's only to insure that my compatriots read this.) Nevertheless... http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P213 ImagineFX Something to read, from the December issue of fantasy magazine ImagineFX, with a portrait of Grendel's Mum, the lowdown on pencils and a few words about architecture, triviality and serendipity (and some important stuff too.) [zoom] [zoom] [zoom] [zoom]...