Thursday, May 29, 2008

The art of Charley Harper

I recently was looking at some art on the internet and found some images that reminded me of the Monteverde poster I loved at a hotel in San Jose that I found in April. A little investigation led me to the artist of this poster: a modernist painter named Charley Harper. Since this discovery, I've looked at a bunch of his prints and I really love his style and subject matter. The majority of his paintings involve animals and nature (mostly birds). In fact Harper was contracted to design several posters for the US National Parks Service.

Below are a few examples of his work -- my favorite is the one of the chipmunk hibernating in the tree!

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