Wallace Polsom
Collage maker. Art lover.
“Any sufficiently advanced art form is indistinguishable from child’s play.”
— 03 Jul 2021
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- Four illustrations by Charles Addams from his book, THE CHAS. ADDAMS MOTHER GOOSE (Windmill Books, 1967). From the creator of “The Addams Family,” obvs.
- Wallace Polsom, “The Patron Saint of Closed Books and Blind Faith”’ (03 Mar 2019), paper collage, 15.6 x 34.8 cm | wallacepolsom.com/post/1831972...
- Reposted by Wallace Polsom“Saint Cecilia” (c. 1900), Princeton University Art Museum, one of nearly thirty versions of a window designed by Edward Burne-Jones and executed by Morris & Co.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomHannah Höch (1889-1978), “Bürgerliches Brautpaar [Bourgeois Couple]” (1920), watercolour over pencil on laid watercolour paper, 50 x 39 cm.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomSelf-portrait photo by Hannah Höch, 1929.
- Okay, okay… moving on.
- Kate Beckinsale photographed by Harry Borden for Eat Soup magazine on 19 March 1997. Watched a short video about this photo, which is striking, then searched for more, and I have to say, very few photos of Kate Beckinsale do much more than document her outward appearance. As art, they’re nothing.
- Kate Beckinsale photographed by James White for GQ UK, February, 2004. White is vaguely trying to conjure an interesting photo, but Beckinsale projects nothing but superficial beauty. She’s a cypher. She’s just there, in front of camera, abstractedly going through the motions.
- Beckinsale fares much better in the promotional posters and stills for UNDERWORLD.
- Bewitched: Samantha Gets Her Revenge on Darrin’s Ex — goes hard, as the kids say. ;-) youtu.be/_9-Pk-EcqOI?...
- KALI TPB (NEW EDITION), written by Daniel Freedman and illustrated by Robert Sammelin. Coming in September 2026.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomHannah Hoch (1889-1979), “Das Schone Madchen [The Beautiful Girl]” (1920), photomontage/collage.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomRanxerox and Lubna by Gaetano Tanino Liberatore.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomIllustration art by Das Pastoras (b. 1956).
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomThree paintings by Das Pastoras for Nick Pitarra’s “Ax-Wielder Jon.”
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomWilliam Russell Flint (1880-1969), “Variations on a Theme II (Cecilia)” (1961), watercolour on paper, 108 x 87.6 cm.
- Reposted by Wallace Polsommessing around - painted in photoshop.
- Reposted by Wallace Polsomhappy solstice!
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomPainted in Photoshop over 2 evenings #digitalpainting
- Reposted by Wallace Polsomfunny old sketches and ideas I never finished
- Reposted by Wallace Polsomsome studies
- IL MONDO È MERAVIGLIOSO [THE ANIMAL WORLD] (1956), directed by Irwin Allen. Poster art by Luigi Martinati.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomPaleoart is better with plants 💚🌱
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomThis post is for the birds 🐦 The dinosaurs that live amongst us.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomPearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) is a common and widespread native wildflower across N. America. It is an important host plant for the Painted Lady butterfly 🦋 and bees 🐝 adore it. It's perfect for sunny dry areas. It's named for its pearly sheen and it makes an excellent dried flower.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomA large Edmontosaurus regalis is giving the side-eye to a young Tyrannosaurus. Rex that's just passing by.
- HOT ROD CARTOONS #1 (November 1964), with sequential front and back cover art by George Lemmons.
- CARTOONS #115 (July-August 1980), with wraparound cover art by Rogério Nogueira.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomHeavy Metal, vol. 3, no. 9 (January 1980), with front and back cover art by Don Ivan Punchatz, inspired by “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman,” a short story by Harlan Ellison.
- Harlan Ellison with Brett Bather’s bronze sculpture of Harlequin and Ticktockman. Photograph by Richard Todd.
- Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625), “Orpheus in the Underworld” (1594), oil on copper, 36 x 27 cm.
- Perennial question when one is confronted with a photo of a person: am I responding positively (or negatively) to the part, i.e., the attractive (or unattractive) individual, or am I responding positively (or negatively) to the whole, i.e., the photo qua photo? Not always easy to disentangle, obvs.
- Case in point: Lee Miller, “Bürgermeister of Leipzig’s daughter after suicide, Germany” (1945).
- Antonio Canova (1757-1822), “Maddalena Giacente [Recumbent Magdalene]” (1819-1822), marble sculpture. Story behind the sculpture’s loss and rediscovery: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
- Four more views of Antonio Canova’s “Recumbent Magdalene”:
- Someone @'d me with an AI-animated version of a charming 19th century "genre" painting that I posted. That person is now blocked.
- Wallace Polsom, “Nesting Instinct” (19 Aug 2021), paper collage, 20.9 x 30 cm | wallacepolsom.com/post/6599722...
- John Watkiss (1961-2017) — “The Birth of Free Will”
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomSecretary at West German Radio Station, Cologne, photographed by August Sander, 1931.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomRhea Durham in Miu Miu, New York, 1996. Photo by Mikael Jansson.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomDurham Red: The Scarlet Cantos, with words by Dan Abnett and art by Mark Harrison — more!
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomDurham Red: The Scarlet Cantos, with words by Dan Abnett and art by Mark Harrison.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomDurham Red by Henry Flint for 2000 AD's 45th Anniversary Art Book.
- John Watkiss, “In Red” (2008), india ink and coloured pencil on paper, 41.9 x 59.7 cm.
- John Watkiss, “Blue Mermaid” (2002), acrylic on canvas, 76.2 x 121.9 cm.
- John Watkiss, “Relax, It’s Only Death” (2008), pen and ink, 41.9 x 59.7 cm.
- Just cut and pasted the medium info from the gallery listing, but there appears to be some brushwork and dry media in there, too.
- Poster for the movie, DEVIL IN THE FLESH (1948), directed by Claude Autant-Lara, starring Micheline Prelle and Gerard Philipe. Poster art by Hap Hadley.
- Very clever of artist Hap Hadley to have reversed the positions of the two leads from the photo reference. I mean, I don’t have any inside knowledge of Hadley’s process, but I’m guessing that he worked from the same photo that appeared on the Japanese poster a few years later.
- On the other hand, maybe the clever one was actually the designer of the poster, if there was someone who held that position apart from the illustrator. Or maybe it was a group decision. Whatever! It was the right thing to do.
- E. McCarthy, “… and we don’t have to tell you what happened next!,” CARTOONS #89 (April 1976), p. 15.
- John Larter, “Vettes,” CARTOONS #84 (August 1975), pp. 30-32. Title from ToC.
- Four “Sinbad the Sailor” illustrations, “from the picture[s] by Arnold Mello,” published in THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS: CHRISTMAS 1922, vol. 161, no. 4361a (Christmas 1922). A bit dark, but legible — and lovely!
- Titles: 1) “Sinbad the Sailor: On the Island that was a Living Monster,” 2) “Sinbad the Sailor: The Roc and its Egg,” 3) “Sinbad in Danger in the Valley of Jewels: A Serpent Seeks his Life,” and 4) “In the Valley of Jewels: A Serpent as Worm for an Early Bird.”
- Brocal Remohi, “The Horror of G’Zalth,” HEAVY METAL, vol. 2, no. 5 (September 1978). Story pages 1-4 (of 12). Post 1 (of 3).
- Brocal Remohi, “The Horror of G’Zalth,” HEAVY METAL, vol. 2, no. 5 (September 1978). Story pages 5-8 (of 12). Post 2 (of 3).
- Brocal Remohi, “The Horror of G’Zalth,” HEAVY METAL, vol. 2, no. 5 (September 1978). Story pages 9-12 (of 12). Post 3 (of 3).
- Karen Dalton, “Ribbon Bow” youtu.be/mC9JE9EfHu8?...
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomIllustrations by Mike McMahon published in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser #12 (1992).
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomThe Last American #3-4 (of 4) (Epic Comics, 1990-1991), written by John Wagner and Alan Grant with art by Mick/Mike McMahon.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomThe Last American #1-2 (of 4) (Epic Comics, 1990-1991), written by John Wagner and Alan Grant with art by Mick/Mike McMahon.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomJudge Anderson, Judge Dredd and Judge Death commission (2013) by Mick/Mike McMahon.
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomPages 15 to 17 (of 17) of “This, I Saw” by Malcolm Smith (writer) and Mike McMahon (artist), published in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser #16 (1992).
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomPages 12 to 14 (of 17) of “This, I Saw” by Malcolm Smith (writer) and Mike McMahon (artist), published in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser #16 (1992).
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomPages 9 to 11 (of 17) of “This, I Saw” by Malcolm Smith (writer) and Mike McMahon (artist), published in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser #16 (1992).
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomPages 5 to 8 (of 17) of “This, I Saw” by Malcolm Smith (writer) and Mike McMahon (artist), published in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser #16 (1992).
- Reposted by Wallace PolsomPages 1 to 4 (of 17) of “This, I Saw” by Malcolm Smith (writer) and Mike McMahon (artist), published in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser #16 (1992).
- Kessler Syndrome? Bring it on!
- Reposted by Wallace Polsom"It ain't cheap, but it's worth every penny." We'll take it. A review of Joe Brainard's (with others) The Complete C Comics, "as pure and fresh as the day they were made." internationaltimes.it/a-thing-of-b...
- I once asked an artist if a pen-and-ink drawing that he had posted that was based on a well-known historical photo of a seated woman was for sale, & he said yes, & I asked how much, & he said make me an offer, & I did, & he got very angry—which completely cured me of the temptation to make offers!
- Also, apologies to the artist for my lowball offer! But if you’re gonna encourage haggling…
- Artists: don’t hem and haw and hedge; simply tell prospective buyers what you think your work is worth, and let them tell you if they can afford it or not, and if they can’t, too bad for them.
