Odilon Redon

What a goldmine I stumbled on to.

It was one of those days when you recall something you used to love viciously and return to it instantly. I remembered the French Symbolist artist Odilon Redon and his works – pastel butterflies, jewel-colored boats, primary pegasi, ghostly saints and flowery Ophelias. The stuff of swooning.

I’d seen his works in Paris and the MET and ever since I’d been hankering for a copy of Beyond the Visible… but thankfully after a while of scouring the internet I found this veritable bank of high-quality, relatively high-resolution images of Odilon Redon’s art. Hoo-ray!

Finally a site where full-text Japanese does not hinder my agenda.

Monsieur Cabinet: Words & Type

Stumbled upon these succinct witticisms of Monsieur Cabinet, a collection called Words & Type. Monsieur Cabinet himself is David Thompson, a graduate of Kingston University in London who currently teaches Graphic Design at Leeds College of Art – and I have to say I’m on my toes wanting to take his class. Also, the fact that his About Me page lists farcical reviews from his friends is excellent and worth a glance.

These text based works have a great humor about them, something I can relate to seeing as about 50% of my own jokes involve butchering the English language.

I blame it on the ESL.

His other works are equally adoration-worthy, and there really isn’t enough room here to post all the awesome that he’s made – recommendations include his series: 1000 Awesome Things, Celluloid Satire, and Beautiful Drains.

I’ve a strong feeling I’ll post more of him in the future.