Picture Stories 2

The premise:

 Picture Stories (Super Special) is collaboration between illustration and painting students, faculty, and invited guests from the Edinburgh College of Art, UK; the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA; and the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA.

The brief centres on participants exchanging and responding to short written narratives. Artists from ECA would send their ‘stories’ to Boston and to San Francisco, and vice versa. Individual artists would respond primarily to those narratives in the most appropriate visual manner. This project, to some extent, is in the spirit of Harvey Pekar’s American Splendour, in which Harvey’s life stories are illustrated by different artists. It is also worth looking at Matt Madden’s book, 99 Ways to Tell a Story. In this book a simple narrative, “man goes to fridge”, is told in various style and mood of illustration.

to Purchase:

Lulu link HERE to purchase this fantastic collaboration....

Picture story

"Flying Ointment" my black and white drawing for "Picture Stories"  The "color" version will be available as part of the collection and maybe as prints?

Picture Stories (Super Special) is collaboration between illustration and painting students of Edinburgh College of Art, students and affiliated artists at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA, and students and affiliated artists at the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA.The brief centres on participants responding to short written narratives. The ECA has swapped their ‘stories’ with Boston and to San Francisco, and vice versa.

This was the text sent to me:

"They took out the recipe book, and following directions; they began laying out small amounts of everything in dishes. Measured and calculated, powders and liquids. Mixed to a consistency that when you dip your finger into it, your finger should be just barely coated. You should still be able to see the wrinkles located on the back of your finger. Not too sticky, lumpy, thick or overworked. Never overworked. The mixture should stick to you but also move away, falling silently back into the bowl."  

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Picture Stories

Moonlight flooded the passageway and staircase.

Over the threshold it was a different picture: an arrangement of chairs collected around the table with a meal; seemingly in progress, but abandoned or interrupted.

Bottles and plates of food were interspersed with pages from a newspaper, cigarettes and the ash-tray. This last item was heaped with spent matches and stubs.

Raised voices could be heard from the adjoining room.(J. Gibbs)

Picture Stories is collaboration between illustration and painting students of Edinburgh College of Art, UK and students at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA.

The brief centres on students responding to short written narratives. Students from ECA would send their ‘stories’ to smfa and vice versa.

If you would like to purchase a copy follow the link :)
http://www.lulu.com/shop/eca-smfa/picture-stories-2014/paperback/product-21681242.html