Flora and Fauna Assume Eccentric Guises in Bill Mayer’s Wryly Playful Portraits
“The Wakening”. All pictures © Invoice Mayer, shared with permission
Royal frogs, masquerading lemurs, and florals with human faces are simply a few of the eccentric characters in acclaimed illustrator Bill Mayer’s (beforehand) gouache work. The normal aesthetic of European still-life, aristocratic portraiture, and romantic panorama work set the scene for uncanny, chimerical topics who interact in dreamlike encounters or gaze haughtily on the viewer. Gouache, which is water-soluble and extra vividly opaque than watercolor, permits the artist to imitate the unbelievable element of oil paint however with extra flexibility.
Mayer continues to work on commissioned tasks for recognizable publications similar to The New York Occasions Journal, Smithsonian, Mom Jones, and Scientific American. He usually shares his various assignments on his blog, together with a collaboration earlier this yr with the producers of Final Week Tonight with John Oliver to submit a portray to the Federal Duck Stamp Contest. “Duck Judges”—though disqualified from successful the stamp design for technical causes—raised $25,000 in funds to assist the conservation efforts of the Nationwide Wildlife Refuge System.
Mayer is at the moment working towards some group reveals, and you may sustain with updates on his website, the place you may as well discover prints accessible on the market in his shop. (through This Isn’t Happiness)
“Le Dauphin de Rana”
“Mr. Moostache”
“The Providing”
“Duck Judges”
“Le Magistrat”
“Le Visiteur”
“Mom Opossum”
“Kinky Geese No. 02”
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