Truthful Elegance by Stacy Briggs
Artist
Glenn Harrington has always been inspired by the drama he finds
in everyday situations — the extraordinary moments in ordinary
life. “Patient observation reveals reality,” he says,
“and then we are free to interpret imaginatively.”
He
is a gifted messenger. After all, he has quite a way with art. He
is a gifted storyteller. After all, he has quite a way with words
— those spoken and those visualized.
So
when Glenn Harrington marries the two, it is time well spent.
Just the other day, he was waxing poetic about illustrating and
painting — the similarities and the differences.
It was educational. It was thought-provoking. And it was soothing.
His illustrations have been published on more than 500 book covers,
including classics such as “Room with a View,” “Pride
and Prejudice” and “Wuthering
Heights,” and include two series of oils on the plays and
sonnets of William Shakespeare and the poetry of William Butler
Yeats. more...
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