Thursday, February 28, 2008

Beguiled by the Wild: The Art of Charley Harper

I was introduced to the art of Charley Harper through a recent issue of Audubon magazine. By doing a little more digging, I uncovered this gem of a book.
Each colorful picture is accompanied by a paragraph of succinct information about each illustrated bird or animal. Mr. Harper labels his illustrations and fills the descriptions with a multitude of puns.
Some of my favorites include "Dolfun", "Family Owlbum", "Lovey Dovey", "Skimmerscape", and for the zebra picture above "Serengeti Spaghetti"!