Late 20th Century

Writer and photographer Thomas Laird’s 10-year project records crumbling Buddhist murals before they are lost

In its early years, the South Water Street Market flourished along the south bank of the South Branch of the Chicago River on what is now mostly West Wacker Drive. Jammed all day long with oxcarts, wagons and horse-drawn carriages and weather-beaten men with rough hands and stained aprons and filled with the din of a cryptic language that few outsiders understood, the area, about 8 to 10 blocks long, was a focal point of the city`s commercial life. "The street is about half a mile in length…

A few months ago, Allen Williams emailed me a painting for an upcoming anthology, Queen Victoria’s Spellbook. (You can see the image in the post below.) Allen has been one of my favorite artists for a while now, and if you take a look, I think it’s easy to see why. His illustration is a […]

Rococo art 🌹 on Instagram: “💐 Cesare Augusto Detti 💐 An Elegant Gathering 💐 Late 19th century/early 20th century 💐 Private collection . What do you think of this…”

The Lahore Gate, the Palace, Delhi The Chandney Chouk, The Principle Street in Delhi Clutter - Munzil-Lucknow The Burning G...

I swore I wasn’t going to watch The English (2022), the recent Western miniseries starring Emily Blunt, because usually Westerns focus on non-shiny costumes. But I’ve been on a reading …

Dress ca. 1800 From the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Very fun advertising project to work on. My task was to create a few pen & ink characters that would resemble late 19th century and early 20th century illustrations.