Ideal Bookshelf: self-help

self-help

30 October 2011

Ideal Bookshelf 355: PW

Ideal Bookshelf 355: PW
2011 / 8"x10" / gouache & ink on paper

Posted at 11:44 AM in fiction, mystery/thriller, non-fiction, self-help, young adult | Permalink

14 August 2011

Ideal Bookshelf 266: BCL

Ideal Bookshelf 266: BCL
2011 / 8"x10" / gouache & ink on paper

Posted at 04:58 PM in psychology, self-help | Permalink

13 April 2011

Ideal Bookshelf 242: JL

Ideal Bookshelf 242: JL
2011 / 8"x10" / gouache & ink on paper

Posted at 02:47 PM in FAVORITE, fiction, history, non-fiction, self-help | Permalink

Ideal Bookshelf 226: ES & SP

Ideal Bookshelf 226: ES & SP
2011 / 8"x10" / gouache & ink on paper

Posted at 02:25 PM in cooking, fiction, non-fiction, religion, self-help, travel | Permalink

Ideal Bookshelf 192: BAM/MSM/PSM/VLM/DKM

Ideal Bookshelf 192: BAM/MSM/PSM/VLM/DKM
2011 / 8"x8" / gouache & ink on paper

Posted at 01:31 PM in FAVORITE, fiction, kids, self-help | Permalink

Ideal Bookshelf 187: DWL

Ideal Bookshelf 187: DWL
2011 / 8"x8" / gouache & ink on paper

Posted at 01:24 PM in business, philosophy, self-help | Permalink

Ideal Bookshelf 178: AMG

Ideal Bookshelf 178: AMG
2011 / 9"x12" / gouache & ink on paper

Posted at 12:43 PM in fiction, history, non-fiction, self-help, travel | Permalink

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About the project

I paint people's ideal bookshelves: your favorite books, books that changed your life, books that made you who you are.

Picking your ideal books is not an easy task (try it!). I think of this project as an intimate form of portraiture; a way to illustrate who the subject is on the inside instead of out.

I love that a book is something created very personally and then mass-produced in order to affect many other people very personally. I paint them to turn them back into something very personal and intimate. In the age of the Kindle (which I also love, btw), it's very satisfying.

You can see the options for having your books painted or buy prints of other sets here. If you see a bookshelf you love but don't see prints of it available in my shop, please just ask about it! Also, here are my suggestions on framing.

The Ideal Bookshelf book will be published by Little, Brown! I'm working on it now with Thessaly La Force of The Paris Review.

I illustrate and design other things, too; you can see them here.

You can contact me here.

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