Carolyn’s latest commission in The Spectator Magazine for “I Live Here Now” a short story by Ian Rankin, is currently on newsstands in the UK and across the world, USA, Canada and the Euro Zone.
You can see it here.
Just in time for Halloween and Dias de Los Muertos, consider illustrator Bill Russell’s Gold Skull and Skeleton merchandise now available at Society6.
October 28, 2020
I Can’t Breathe
June 2020 acrylic, 19 x 14″
The white man fears to be unfeared,
To be bereft of power, best years past.
He therefore wears a fearful face
And oils his guns in anger, and stands fast.
The black man fears for his very life,
The welfare of his children, and his race.
He’s seen as dark, a shadow-man,
And so he also wears a fearful face.
Just a Game was the third studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1979.
Happy Birthday from everyone at Reactor!
This week, in Print Magazine Steven Heller wrote a nice memory piece.
Here’s a link to an earlier article on Bob.
A new address means new business cards.
These two-colour letterpress cards are printed on 130# Strathmore Premium Wove in Ultimate White by Lunar Caustic Press.
October 1, 2020
Bill Russell painted a utility box recently in the city of Dublin, California. This creative use of public art called Flora and Fauna is one example of how art can enhance and beautify street life.
Reactor has published another small letterpress edition of Jeff Jackson’s drawings that he did during the recent Spring months of Covid lockdown.
Jeff Jackson’s Covid Life is printed in an edition of 50. Each 8.5″ X 11″ print is letterpress printed on Neenah Printable Blotter 24 pt. paper in one colour by well known Canadian letterpress printer, Neil Wismayer at his shop, Lunar Caustic Press in Toronto and bears Jeff Jackson’s personal stamp.
Covid Life is available for purchase. The price is $75.00 U.S. plus shipping. To order, contact hello@reactor.ca
July 20, 2020
Starting on June 20, 2020, Carolyn Gowdy is exhibiting in the Alive in Isolation group show at Aldeburgh Beach Lookout and online at Alone in the Universe. Enjoy a socially-distanced visit to the Lookout and the show through to July 14, 2020.
Commissioned by Richard O’Connor of Ace & Son Moving Picture Co., a Brooklyn, New York animation studio, Maurice developed master illustrations for a short film for the American non-profit public radio initiative, StoryCorps.
“My Aunties” is written by Stefan Lynch and Beth Teper. Stefan Lynch was raised by gay parents in the early eighties. He was cared for and loved by a group of adults, largely gay men, who he called his “aunties.†Stefan remembers the succession of AIDS-related illnesses in his family, including the death of his father in ‘91. Even in the face of terrible sickness and loss, his aunties showed him how to survive and care for one another.
Listen to Stefan and Beth’s original StoryCorps interview.
The animation is available on YouTube.
