Ben Shahn

Art, as I saw it one day when I helped hang a National Academy show while I was a student there, was about cows. In those days, early in the twenties, there were many cow paintings. More than that, the cows always stood knee-deep in purple shadows. For the life of me I never learned to see purple where there was no purple -- and I detested cows. I was frankly distressed at the prospects for me as an artist.

But there came a time when I stopped painting, stopped in order to evaluate all these doubts. If I couldn't see purple where there was no purple--I wouldn't use it. If I didn't like cows, I wouldn't paint them. What then was I to paint? Slowly I found that I must paint those things that were meaningful to me--that I could honestly paint in the shapes and colors I felt belonged to them. What shall I paint? Stories.
- Ben Shahn

Michelle Town

Michelle Thompson

Michelle Thompson is a British illustrator. Her projects are mainly for advertising, publishing and designers.
Her media is letterpress, a camera, scanner and a computer. She describes her style as, 'digital and handmade collage.'

Computer Art

''A revolution has taken place. The digital revolution has altered the nature of illustration beyond recognition – taking it from cottage industry to household phenomenon…
Things weren’t always this way. Before the digital revolution, life as an illustrator was fairly straightforward, or so it seemed – there was no Bill Gates, no Apple, no Photoshop, no Google, no internet, no email… no hassle. Looking back at life before the revolution, albeit through rose-tinted specs, the working day for your lone illustrator was a fairly simple affair. In fact, depending on just how far back you wish to peer, it’s clear to see just how much has changed.''

www.computerarts.co.uk

Rinzen

''Australian design and art collective RINZEN is best known for the collaborative approach of its five members, forming in 2000 as a result of their visual and audio remix project, RMX.

RINZEN's work, created both individually and as a collective, covers a wide-range of styles and techniques, often featuring utopian alternate realities, bold, geometric designs or intricate, hand drawn studies.

The group's posters and album covers have been exhibited at the Louvre and their large scale artwork installed in Tokyo's Zero Gate and Copenhagen's Hotel Fox. They recently designed the inaugural issue of Paul Pope's Batman for DC Comics and graphics for a bicycle released by Japanese company, Bebike.

Members of the group are variously based in Berlin, Brisbane, Melbourne and New York.''

Rinzen is:
Steve Alexander (Berlin)
Rilla Alexander (Berlin)
Adrian Clifford (Brisbane)
Karl Maier (Melbourne)
Craig Redman (New York

''www.rinzen.com''

Jonny Hannah

''Jonny Hannah

Born & bred in Dumfermline, Jonny studied illustration at Liverpool Art School and then the Royal College of Art.

Since graduation in 1998 he has been working both as a commercial designer & illustrator (his clients include The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times & The St. Kilda Courier) and printmaker, creating wonderful screen printed books, posters and prints for his own Cake & Ale Press. A passionate music lover, his ‘Hot Jazz Special’ - a book of red-hot rhymes and bold poster-style art - took 2nd place in the 2005 V&A Illustration Award.''

http://www.stjudesgallery.co.uk/artists/j_hannah/index.htm?gclid=CKb-mYuWgpACFQ5lQgod4ytXtQ

Georg Barber