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Original illustration by Bob Dacey from Pigeon Feathers This beautifully rendered watercolor is by illustrator Bob Dacey. A richly colored, dreamlike image that plays with light and dark, it features a boy standing in a dark barn with sunlight streaming in through slats in the wooden walls. The boy looks up as a trio of […]

Pigeon Feathers

Artist: Bob Dacey

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1980s, Bob Dacey, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: August 16, 2022

Original illustration by Bob Dacey from Packed Dirt, Churchgoing, A Dying Cat, A Traded Car This beautifully rendered watercolor is by illustrator Bob Dacey. This is a richly colored piece done entirely in neutral tones. It features two Black women dressed in white in the forefront who are seen tending to a goat, and two […]

Packed Dirt, Churchgoing, A Dying Cat, A Traded Car

Artist: Bob Dacey

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1980s, Bob Dacey, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: August 16, 2022

Original illustration by Bob Dacey from You’ll Never Know, Dear This beautifully rendered watercolor is by illustrator Bob Dacey. It is a dreamlike portrait with rich, brown tones and soft brush strokes. It features two young men at a carnival game with a wheel spinning in a blur in front of them as it takes […]

You’ll Never Know, Dear

Artist: Bob Dacey

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1980s, Bob Dacey, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: August 16, 2022

LIFEGUARD - an original watercolor illustration by Bob Dacey

Original illustration by Bob Dacey from Lifeguard This beautifully rendered watercolor is by illustrator Bob Dacey. It is a dreamlike piece that captures the summer haze of hot days at the beach. It features a lifeguard, hunched forward, eyes on the water, as he keenly observes the beachgoers. Dacey was commissioned to create this piece […]

Lifeguard

Artist: Bob Dacey

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1980s, Bob Dacey, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, Pigeon Feathers And Stories, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: August 16, 2022

Cropped view of watercolor painting by Bob Dacey showing a young high school girl in conversation with a boy

Original illustration by Bob Dacey from A Sense of Shelter This is an original watercolor illustration by Bob Dacey. A captivating piece, it captures the emotion of two high school students in the middle of a conversation about their feelings for each other. This is a tender and youthfully nostalgic piece that was used to […]

A Sense of Shelter

Artist: Bob Dacey

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1980s, Bob Dacey, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, John Updike, original interior illustration, Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: September 22, 2020

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them – Part I – Children of Silence

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, Joyce Carol Oates, Pen & Ink, steven stroud, Them, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: August 24, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”them – Part II – To Whose Country Have I Come? by Steven Stroud” amount=”550.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] Original Steven Stroud illustration from them This is a mixed media watercolor and pen & ink on illustration board by Steven Stroud. A sketchily composed illustration, it depicts a frightened child in […]

them – Part II – To Whose Country Have I Come?

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, Joyce Carol Oates, Pen & Ink, steven stroud, Them, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: August 24, 2020

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Them – Title Page by Steven Stroud” amount=”550.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] Original Steven Stroud illustration from them This is a mixed media watercolor and pen & ink on illustration board by Steven Stroud. A sketchily composed illustration, it depicts an urban setting with high rise buildings dotted with laundry hanging […]

them – Title Page

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, Joyce Carol Oates, Pen & Ink, steven stroud, Them, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: August 24, 2020

Victorian Cover Art by Archie Gunn This is a large format and racy (for the times) Victorian cover illustration for the long-running weekly periodical Truth Magazine. Created by illustrator Archie Gunn, this appeared as the cover for the January 13, 1894 edition with a title of “How Those Girls Love One Another”. Two girlfriends are […]

How Those Girls Love One Another

Artist: Archie Gunn

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1890s, Archie Gunn, Calendar, Cover Art, gouache, Norman Platnick, original illustration, Truth Magazine, victorian, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: July 7, 2020

New Idea Cover Girl This is a large, well conceived, and beautifully detailed watercolor on artist’s paper by illustrator Z.P. Nikolaki. It appeared as the cover for the April 1910 issue of New Idea Woman’s Magazine. In this portrait a pretty, young Edwardian maiden in a wide brimmed garden hat prepares for her daily stroll with […]

New Idea Magazine Cover

Artist: Z.P. Nikolaki

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, Cover Art, Edwardian, New Idea Woman's Magazine, Norman Platnick, original illustration, Watercolor, Z. P. Nikolaki
Added to Gallery: July 7, 2020

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