Friday, 3 October 2014

Flypaper:



Old newspaper used to insulate the minor bird cage. Got an air mail letter from California today. Rare thing to have the pleasure of receiving a hand written letter, the date and everything. There were three stamps illustrated with birds on. A Mountain Bluebird, a Western Tanager and a Painted Bunting.  I painted a budgerigar once. 
In the corner of the stamps were the words 'forever U S A'.

4 comments:

  1. the cover by Barron Storey would have been a nice addition to this evolution of the book jacket

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  2. Maybe. The selection is writer Peter Conrad'schoice, and having checked out Storey's version, it's a bit unfashionable, it's a bit Mills and Boon......sorry for the slow response been busy chopping wood, needling splinters out of my flesh.

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  3. Have you seen the Lord of the Flies images by Kent Williams for Criterion? http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2835-drawing-lord-of-the-flies

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    1. I've been absent lately. No I haven't seen the Kent Williams images. Yes I have now. Very good. Theatrical.

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