Ideal Bookshelf

Ideal Bookshelf 357: LAM

Ideal Bookshelf 357: LAM
2011 / 11"x16" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 340: Fashion

Ideal Bookshelf 340: Fashion
2011 / 10x14" / gouache & ink on paper

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Ideal Bookshelf 312: CS

Ideal Bookshelf 312: CS
2011 / 9"x12" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 101: Robert Verdi

Ideal Bookshelf 101: Robert Verdi
2010 / 9"x12" / gouache & ink on paper

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I've recently been painting the books of various creative thinkers, and this is a shelf from that series. It contains books selected by Robert Verdi: designer, fashion icon and stylist to the stars. You can buy prints of it on 20x200.

 

Ideal Bookshelf 66 & 67: AS

Ideal Bookshelf 66: AS

Ideal Bookshelf 67: AS
2010 / 9"x12" / gouache & ink on paper

JB commissioned several paintings for her boyfriend, AS. These two were challenging, in the best possible way.

One of the reasons I originally started painting book spines was as an exercise to get better at hand lettering, especially at spacing out stylized type so that it fits in its designated (limited) space. I'm notoriously bad at it. I often have to re-paint books because I end up with 3 more letters to fit into half a centimeter.

So, painting books about typography for someone who obviously loves it raises the stakes. But I think it worked out nicely.

Ideal Bookshelf 74: AM

 

Ideal Bookshelf 74: AM
2010 / 8"x10" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 64: SLD

Ideal Bookshelf 64: SLD
2010 / 9"x12" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 55: LS/DF

Ideal Bookshelf 55: LS/DF
2010 / 9"x9" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 46: AB

Ideal Bookshelf 46: AB
2010 / 8.5"x11" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 39: YP

Ideal Bookshelf 39: YP
2010 / 9"x12" / gouache & ink on paper

Ideal Bookshelf 11: JK

 

Ideal Bookshelf 11: JK
2009 / 9"x12" / gouache & ink on paper