FOLON

Jean-Michel Folon was an award-winning Belgian artist who produced absolutely beautiful and iconic illustrations throughout the 70's and 80's. His watercolor dreamscapes give us a peek into his imagination, where fat figures with long skinny limbs float across hills and landscapes, where from hands spring birds of joy, where man becomes bird. Folon illustrated movie posters, newspaper spots, magazine covers (notably some wonderful New Yorker covers), and many pieces for ballet and the theater. He was originally a student of architecture before devoting himself completely to drawing and painting; Later in his life, he focused on sculpture and other mediums. Below, a smattering of some of my favorite Folon illustrations, including one of my all-time favorite movie posters for one of my all-time favorite films, STALKER. Read a little more about how Folon inspired a new piece of mine at The Dissolve, and visit the indispensable 50 Watts to view Folon's perfectly surreal illustrations for Kafka's Metamorphosis. 

TARKOVSKY @ 80

Happy 80th birthday to one of my very favorite filmmakers, Andrei Tarkovsky. Alongside my Criterion cover for SOLARIS, here’s an imaginary cover for STALKER that I mocked up as a companion piece for fun a while back. Below, the STALKER print I designed for the Belcourt last fall.

LAST CHANCE PRINTS

Just a few STALKER and JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD screenprints left... get em here before they're going going gone...

STALKER print

This 18x24" screenprint will be for sale at the Belcourt Theatre next Saturday, September 24th in honor of Andrei Tarkovsky's STALKER showing that weekend. For anyone who can't make it to this rare screening in Nashville, a limited number of additional prints are available through my shop. Ryan Nole at Kangaroo Press will be making this look extra pretty on black stock in a signed and numbered limited edition of 50.