Peggy Roalf: Originally from Tokyo, Japan, what were some of the experiences of your formative years that made you recognize that you were an artist? Natsuki Takauji: I always enjoyed the once-a-week art classes in school and some of the work I made; I still remember them to be pretty good for an untrained kid. I knew I could do it better than the … Read the full Story >>
Q: What are some of your favorite things about living and working in your hometown? A: I’ve lived in Minneapolis most of my life. I like looking out my window and seeing trees and grass. Lake Harriet is just down the hill past the park. When our house was built 120 years ago it was a summer cottage on the edge of the countryside. Now we’re right in the city. … Read the full Story >>
Arlen Schumer is a Westport, Connecticut-based illustrator, writer, graphic designer and lecturer. Schumer specializes in bold, graphic comic book-style art that has appeared in numerous publications, in advertising, and in a wide array of commercial and promotional materials. Schumer is a passionate champion of comic art; in addition to creating a definitive book, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art, he gives an ongoing … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the type or the grid? Chris Harper: This is a difficult question for me to answer, having worked as both a designer and Illustrator. It depends upon the intent or context of the work being made, whether it is design focused or illustratively focused. As both type selection and grid structure are part of the visual semantics of any … Read the full Story >>
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This week, we are spotlighting the photographer Ernst Haas, who died 30 years ago, in September, 1986. As photographer Eric Meola noted yesterday, "Haas was to color photography what Robert Frank was to black and white - a revolutionary." As an artist and teacher, Haas influenced a generation of photographers and others in the photo world, and over the past several months Meola has … Read the full Story >>
"In discussions about Haas there is always a constant - an acknowledged point in the universe where time stops, and beyond which light will not pass. There is an audible drop in the voice, a reverence to the name 'Ernst,' and it is silly, because if anything, Ernst would be embarrassed and have nothing of it." So writes photographer Eric Meola of the influential … Read the full Story >>
"I believe in the end-success of a man's work...aware of the connection in life between our earth and the cosmos; a person able to understand the mistakes, and to admire the achievements, of other people," wrote photographer Ernst Haas in 1949. This week we have been paying tribute to Haas, who died 30 years ago, in September 1986. Over the past few months, photographer … Read the full Story >>
"I have always felt better taking a risk than an easier route for what I believe in," said photographer Ernst Haas, who died 30 years ago, in September, 1986. All this week we have been paying tribute to Haas, whose color work revolutionized photography and whose teaching influenced a generation of artists. Throughout the past summer photographer Eric Meola collected reminiscences of many of … Read the full Story >>
