EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 30 © 2020 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

32 heads in gouache than it was in oil, but since, I’ve enjoyed painting in oil. Thank you very much. Special thanks to Mort Künstler and his team, Linda Swanson and Jane Künstler. Images provided by Mort Künstler and Heritage Auctions. The book ‘Mort Künstler: The Godfather of Pulp Fiction Illustration’, edited by Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle, can be ordered directly from the artist on www.mortkunstler.com or through Amazon.com. ABOVE: A Cougar Saved My Life , gouache on board. Interior illustration in Stag , February 1972. Besides the improbable circumstances of such an event ever taking place, is Künstler’s masterful use of light and shadow, inherited from his careful observation of painters such as La Tour and Caravaggio. BELOW: Hanging by a Thread , gouache on board. Interior illustration in American Weekly , 1957. A man caught in a tight spot, once again with Künstler’s keen observation of how animals (and men) would react in such a situation.