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The Life of Chuck

Gregory Manchess

Lately I’ve been illustrating classic novels for special handmade editions. One publishing house I’ve worked with is Arete Editions in the UK. I’ve worked with the publisher, Marcelo Anciano, for twenty years and we love to discuss books and publishing and writing when working together. It’s from one of those conversations that he offered me the chance to illustrate Stephen King’s mild ghost story, The Life of Chuck. Marcelo also works on books and interior…

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YūMē: Book of Dreams

Kristine Poole

April 10, 2025 - At the end of December, each of the artists represented by EVOKE Contemporary in Santa Fe, New Mexico received a gift box with chocolates (a yummy bribe?), a 10-panel Hahnemühle Zig Zag book and an invitation to create a book featuring the theme of love. What better way to express the spectrum of emotion, the many facets of love than through visual images? Did I mention chocolates? As described by the gallery, “Love, in all its infinite forms, unfolds in Lettera Amorosa, an evocative exhibition that invites artists to explore the depths of passion, longing, beauty and loss through the intimate format of the fan fold book. Drawing inspiration from the poetic words of Monteverdi (1567-1643), this collection transforms the zigzagged pages into a canvas for boundless creativity, where each fold holds a story, a…

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