June 12, 2024 - I’ve just experienced one of the most exciting contemporary exhibits of illustration in recent years. I had to postpone the next installment of my Wizard of Oz series to tell you about it. The Character In Context Show opened to the public on June 7th at the A. R. Mitchell Museum in Trinidad, Colorado. The show is curated by fellow illustrator, Elliot Lang. The exhibit showcases one hundred seventy-five original works by a broad range of working illustrators. “This is the largest collection of original illustrations for sale from living illustrators in the Western United States, and is the most comprehensive presentation of processes from living and working illustrators ever collected in one space,” says Lang. I was fascinated by the the A.R. Mitchell Museum. Founded to preserve and promote the art of Arthur Roy…