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Re: i am currently illustrating 20000 leagues

From: Rick Walter <rick1walter~at~comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:01:00 -0700
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Dear Gary--

20,000 Leagues has enjoyed the richest modern iconography of any of Verne's
novels, with sets from major illustrators as varied as Milo Winter, W. J.
Aylward, Anton Otto Fisher, George Lawson, Kurt Wiese, Peter Henville,
Edward Wilson, Michel Bentegeat, Henry C. Pitz, Ron Miller, Joseph
Ciardiello, Didier Graffet, and untold others across Eurasia. Even so, I
think your work's brilliantly original and does indeed catch the
undercurrent of "mystery" that tugs the tale along. Please finish the task
... and then publish it to enrich one of the fine modern English
translations of this masterwork -- Bill Butcher and I have both published
complete texts, and there are responsible ones, too, from Anthony Bonner and
Mendor Brunetti.

Keep us posted on your progress with this exciting project.


All the best,

Rick

Frederick Paul Walter
Albuquerque, New Mexico




----- Original Message -----
From: "fishkettlebanana" <photoshop.expert~at~hotmail.co.uk>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 4:32 PM
Subject: i am currently illustrating 20000 leagues


> dear forum
>
>
> I have been a Jules Verne fan since the age of ten. Twenty three years ago
> I started upon the biggest project of my life,trying to illustrate in the
> victorian tradition of
> etching, pen and ink or woodcut every page of 20000 leagues.I was not sure
> I was up to the task and I still have my doubts his work is masterful and
> has been slowly dissappearing from my library or nearest
> waterstones for many years now. His book has been a passion of mine now
> for nearly forty years. His text , full of science and aquatic marvels, so
> precise and clear that many latin species or longitudes, places or
> names are easy to find today. My own pictures are nothing compared to his
> work, but when finished in just under three years time I hope to
> bring out the dark brooding mystery that many people do not know about
> just because they believe that 20000 leagues is no more than a story
> about a giant squid attacking a ship.
>
> some pictures have mistakes in them, I'm only human and pen and ink can be
> a hard medium to work when tackling 300 other pictures
> whilst staying focused on vernes text
>
>
>
> here is the link to some of my artwork if you are interested, I am not a
> commercial artist, I just seek other likeminded fans of his work
>
> I hope you like them
>
>
> http://www.saatchionline.com/buy-art/all?query=gary+m+burley
>
>
>
> Gary Burley
>
>
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