there’s always a way to make a studio 🎨 . #idealbookshelf #bibliophilebook #booksbooksbooks #gouache
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Ideal Bookshelf: Helen Keller
I’m late on posting this but I painted some of Helen Keller’s favorite books, for the 50th anniversary of her death, for PBS’s American Experience. see more below! repost from @americanexperiencepbs What did Helen Keller read? 📖 On the 50th anniversary of her death, biographer Dorothy Herrmann discusses the writer and activist’s passion for philosophy,…
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happy towel day!!
and 42 to you!! (repost from @idealbookshelf which my friend Li is in charge of, and that is her lovely hitchhiker-y thumb too 😍👍🏽) ps, don’t tell anyone, but this might be my favorite of all our pins.
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best agent ever
my book agent Kate Woodrow at @presentperfectlit is the VERY BEST, and I made her a painting of some of the excellent books she has agented or edited. and I stuck my book-to-be on the end there; it would never even have been a concrete *idea* without her, let alone a real thing. 😘❤️ @katewoodrow…
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getting things done
I managed to update the front page of @idealbookshelf for the first time in like 4 months and it is sad how satisfied I feel. #itsthelittlethings #ireallyneedtohiresomeone #idealbookshelfR
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Dr. MLK, Jr.
I painted the inspiring books Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr read! #Repost @americanexperiencepbs ・・・ What did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. read? 📖 We spoke with @claybornecarson, the founding director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, about King’s relationship to the Bible, his opinion of Marx, and the science fiction novel that…
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Everything, Everything
I am SO late to this, clearly (and refused to see the movie first), but just read it today and it is super lovely ❤️. . #EverythingEverything by @nicolayoon (Ember 2017 paperback, art by Good Wives and Warriors @worldofgwaw , design by Natalie C. Sousa @nataliecsousa )
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Ideal Bookshelf CP624: GN
a custom print I made a couple weeks ago, full of brilliant gothic novels and some more recent classics, commissioned by TJ for GNJ. it makes me so happy when I’m selecting editions of books and can find ones that all work together like this. ✨ .
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Ideal Bookshelf CP612: CRC+JDC
I love the colors of these books together SO MUCH. this is a custom print commission I made for CRC+JDC in the UK. prints make excellent wedding presents, if you can find out the couple’s fave books without them asking why ❤️ —— #idealbookshelf #apocketfullofrye #lordoftheflies #theremainsoftheday #iknowwhythecagedbirdsings
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Ideal Bookshelf 1046: Andrew Carnegie
I painted the books that most inspired industrial titan and philanthropical library (+ many other things) builder Andrew Carnegie for @americanexperiencepbs . see their bio for a link to read more on how the books helped make the man. . #andrewcarnegie #idealbookshelf #shelfie
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