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Re: i am currently illustrating 20000 leagues

From: Tad Davis <tad_davis~at~me.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:42:01 -0500
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Wow!

Equally thrilling to me, besides the spectacular images from the book, is the portrait of one of my other heroes, John Lennon.

Tad Davis

On Jan 15, 2012, at 6:32 PM, fishkettlebanana wrote:

> 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
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> 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
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>
> http://www.saatchionline.com/buy-art/all?query=gary+m+burley
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>
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> Gary Burley
>
Received on Mon 16 Jan 2012 - 18:42:12 IST

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