Eyvind Earle Book

After nearly a year of waiting for it to be in stock, I just received a copy of the most amazing book I've ever owned. It's the monolithic The Complete Christmas Card Art of Eyvind Earle. This book is nearly 20lbs of absolutely magnificent artwork, beautifully reproduced... 833 images of Earle's Christmas cards. I actually started getting chills about 3/4 of the way through it.

I got it for a steal on Amazon.ca. The conversion rate is decent right now for us Yanks and at $167 CDN it's a bargain compared to it's $250 USD original price. So if you don't mind waiting, it's definitely worth your while.

UPDATE: Looks like it's no longer available, folks. Congrats to the people who were able to order the last few at this price. If you're still interested in purchasing the book, you can get it here at full price.

Still not convinced? Check these photos I snapped.

4 Artists Paint 1 Tree

These are screen grabs from the Sleeping Beauty DVD feature "4 Artists Paint 1 Tree". The DVD is out of print right now, but I hear that a new version of it will be released in the near future. This feature alone is worth buying the set for, not to mention the gallery section and the stunning movie itself. A movie with visuals like this could never be made today (it took 6 years). These are two of the four legendary artist's interpretations of the same giant oak tree and are too fantastic not to share.

Eyvind Earle's. Breathtaking details, design, color, the works. His layering technique is really fun to watch. Had to stitch this pan together and match color.

Marc Davis's. Look at the amazing simplified, yet detailed design of this thing. The stark light and dark contrasts are really powerful and appealing to me.