N.C. Wyeth

I was a lucky boy this Christmas… My wife asked me what I wanted so I thought I’d better be honest and gave her a list of books I’d been after for a while, I didn’t expect her to buy almost every book on the list (not complaining though…). Anyway, one of the books she bought (as a surprise, it wasn’t even on the list) was the brilliant NC Wyeth biography by David Michaelis. I’m ploughing through it at a rate of knots… the guy was a genius, pure and simple. I must admit though, as an Englishman, I didn’t know too much about this American treasure, only through people such as the Hildebrandts and Frank Frazetta citing him as an influence… I absolutely adore his work, very stylised but very powerful.

just thought I’d post an image or two of his work here- and I thoroughly recommend that biography…