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SCOTT GUSTAFSON - THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND SUITE

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SCOTT GUSTAFSON - THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND SUITE
Scott Gustafson - The Alice In Wonderland Suite - Limited Edition Print - Imaage Size: 9"W X 11"H. - Edition Size:4000 - Published From The Artist'S Original Work. - "Creating A New Alice Look Was A Fun Challenge. I Was Happy To Combine The Traditional With The New, The Scrupulously Researched With The Fanciful. I Needed To Forget All My Preconceptions And Work From The Original Source Materials And My Own Imagination. For Instance, The Original Book Said Only That The Caterpillar Was Smoking A Hookah. I Took It From There, Adding All Sorts Of Middle Eastern Touches. "Originally, I Designed This Image To Be Darker But I Decided To Shed More Light On The Subject, Especially When I Wanted To Delineate The Trail Of Smoke From The Hookah And Its Effect On The Surrounding Flowers. To Give It Even More Light And A Gentle Touch, I Painted Alice'S Reflection In The Caterpillar'S Coffee Pot. "I Incorporated The Emblems Of Playing Card Suits In Both Images To Further The Playing Card Theme That Runs Throughout The Book. I All But Hid Them In The Caterpillar'S Coffee Table But They Are The China Pattern In 'A Mad Tea Party.' "I Particularly Liked Working On The Tea Party Because Most Of The Interpretations I'Ve Seen Picture The Mad Hatter, March Hare And Dormouse Almost As Grotesques. I Wanted Them To Have The Same Charm As My Other Characters."………Scott Gustafson Scott Gustafson’S Earliest Artistic Ambition Was To Become An Animator. But By The Time He Entered High School, He Became Acquainted With Artists From The Golden Age Of Illustration. Great Illustrators Like N.C. Wyeth, Normal Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish And Arthur Rackham Opened A Door Onto A World Of Beautiful Images That Continue To Inspire Him To This Day. Lingering Dreams Of Making Animated Films, However, Led Scott To Major In Animation At The Chicago Academy Of Fine Arts. It Wasn’T Until After Leaving Art School That The Possibility Of A Career As A Freelance Illustrator Began To Truly Appeal To Him. Over The Nearly Twenty-Five Years That Span His Career, He Has Had The Opportunity To Fulfill Commissions For A Number Of Varied Clients And Publishers Such As Celestial Seasonings, Playboy Magazine, Saturday Evening Post, The Bradford Exchange, Dreamworks And The . His Illustrated Books Include The Night Before Christmas, Peter Pan, Nutcracker, As Well As Two Original Titles, Animal Orchestra And Alphabet Soup. His Newest Book Release, Classic Fairy Tales, Was Recently Awarded A Chesley Award For Best Interior Book Illustrations From The Association Of Science Fiction And Fantasy Artists. Artist'S Website: Www.Scottgustafson.Com