Saturday, March 13, 2010

Landacre At Auction

October 29, 2008 by John Steins  
Filed under Wood Engraving

This engraving titled Growing Corn by Paul Landacre recently sold at a Swann Galleries auction in New York for $7,200. Measuring 8 3/4 X 4 1/2 inches it was made in 1938. I see it was listed for $250 in an estate sale catalogue from the seventies that I have in my collection of wood [...]

Some of Ilgvars work (my dad)

September 22, 2007 by John Steins  
Filed under Ilgvars Steins

My father, Ilgvars Steins has complete mastery over pen and ink techniques as shown above in an image titled ‘Tree Hugger’ (12.5″ x 14″)

He also has a pretty wild imagination. There’s so much to choose from but I picked this recent one (below) titled ‘Listening Trumpet’ (12.5″ x 14″). He often combines gouache, water colour [...]

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