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Look Here (and There): The art of Hamid Savkuev

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Google+ albums > Hamid Savkuev. Painting.

Academy of Russian Arts > Hamid Savkuev – includes CV and information about title, size, medium, date, etc., for each piece on display. Also includes more images of Savkuev’s sculpture than you’ll find on most sites. Excellent.

Book Graphics > Agniya. Legend of the Scythians. – illustrations by Hamid Savkuev

Russian Art Tour > Hamid Savkuev (scroll to bottom of page) — 160-page coffee-table book, in Russian, for sale from a site run by American artist, Cathy Locke. Only a few copies are left.

Museum Drawing > Hamid Savkuev (b. 1964).

UniqArt.ru Blog > Hamid Savkuev Exhibition

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Look Here: “That’s using your pumpkin!”

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BONUS IMAGE:

In another version of their “We don’t try to scare you with medical claims…” campaign, the folks at Old Gold added a white box with the following text:

We say boo! to all those nose-and-throat tests… with this reminder: no other leading cigarette is less irritating, or easier on the throat, or contains less nicotine than Old Gold. This conclusion was established on evidence by the U. S. Government.

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So much for the scientific evidence: smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em!

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Look Here: THE DEVIL’S CHILDREN, with cover art by the great unknown

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I scoured the shelves at the local thrift shops a few days ago, looking for some cheap horror paperbacks to scan and post in the days leading up to Halloween, but the only one I saw that featured an illustration that I sort of liked was the following uncredited cover for The Devil’s Children, edited by Michael Parry:

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I suppose it’s possible that the cover image is an early illustration by Alan Lee, though the rendering (in watercolour) is tighter, and displays a much wider range of values, than one usually encounters in Lee’s work. So, probably not by Lee. Unless it is.