Lisa Congdon

Lisa Congdon is a talented fine artist and illustrator based in San Francisco. 

I have posted a few of her artworks before, and have been wanting to feature 

some more. These chilly January days seem like a great time to do so,

since her pictures warm me up like a good cup of hot cocoa.

While her work explores a variety of media and styles, 

it always expresses a great love of nature. 

You can find Lisa Congdon's art on her website, flickr, etsy shop and blog,

while her love of collecting found a creative outlet in the immensely popular blog

 A Collection a Day, which is now also a book published by Uppercase.

If you want to learn more about Lisa you should listen to this podcast interview

by Meighan O'Toole, curator of the great art blog my love for you, 

which also featured a lovely series of photos of her studio last year.

The recent show Boreas was inspired by Congdon's love of barren landscapes and 

by her viewing of Heima, a beautiful documentary about the Icelandic band Sigur Rós.

I really enjoy this exploration of wildlife, arctic whiteness and colorful folkloric motifs!

Sunday Safari - Lots of Goats

Józef Wilkon

Nikolai Tyrsa, illustration from Kozlic (Little Goat), 1923

  Yevgeny Charushin, This is how they are

 Felix Hoffmann, The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids, 1957, via Curio Books

John Burningham, thanks to Children's Illustrations

Eileen Mayo, illustration from Animals on the farm

thanks to The Alphabet of Illustrators

Bruno Gambone

Charles Keeping, illustration from The nanny goat and the fierce dog, 1973

thanks to bookvart

 Lisa Congdon, Mountain Goat

Louis le Brocquy, Garlanded Goat tapestry, 1949-50

Dominique Pouchain

Solomea Loboda, linocut from Ukrainian folk Rhymes, thanks to polny shkaf

Suzy Sharpe, British Alpine Goat

Simone Rea

Sunday Safari - Mothering

Kazumasa Nagai, 1993

My beloved puppies in 1992: Alice and Michelle holding newborn Julia

Pablo Amargo

Poster by Shino Suefusa

Diana Sudyka

Victor Dubrovsky, Sheep

Brian Wildsmith, illustration from Die Reise nach Bethlehem

Jacques Hnidzovsky, Wolverine, terracotta, 1951

Annegert Fuchshuber, two ilustrations from Zwei und Mehr

Leia Bell, He reminded of my two year old in so many ways

Lisa Congdon, Giraffes

Thanks to art.crazed's great collection of vintage children's books

A very happy day to all mothers and their children!

Sunday Safari – The Bear Has Awoken

Mieczyslaw Wasilewski, Polish poster for the movie The bear by Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1989

Gradually coming out of hibernation, everything around and inside me is change.

Looking at all these bears, with their different moods and characters,

I wonder which ones am I going to wear for Spring?

Illustration by Mai Miturich for Merry Rhymes by Agnia Barto, 1976,

thanks to art.crazed's amazing flickr stream

Cover of Mishka the bear by Ingeborg Meyer-Rey, 1966,

thanks to allerleirau's beautiful Vintage Collection on flickr

Bear by Steve Jenkins

illustration from See again, say again by Antonio Frasconi, 1964,

thanks again to art.crazed

Boris Kriukov, illustration from Koza-dereza, 1920s

Victor Dubrovsky, Fat bear

Grizzly t-shirt design by Michael Robertson at Samba for Rats

Dan Bob Thompson, Two bears

Trust your instincts at Ashley G and Drew's etsy store

Lisa Congdon, California grizzly

Diana Sudyka, Edith Frost and the Zings poster, 2006

for sale at poster cabaret

Jane Mount, Amy's bear

Gennady Pavlishin, illustration for Folktales of the Amur,

thanks to Poemas del Rio Wang

Illustration for Merry Rhymes by Brian WIldsmith, 1976,

one of flamenconut's Tasty Morsels