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

5 studio called Neeley Associates. This was after 1950. I graduated in June 1950, and I worked as a lifeguard that summer, and I started looking for a job in September. It took me a month or two, and I got this job at Neeley, where I saw some awfully good pros, and learned from each of them. I picked up little ideas of technique and ways to work and, of course, eventually drew up my own style. I was there for approximately three months, yet afterwards I felt there wasn’t much I could learn any more, except by doing it. I took off for twomonths and worked on samples. I went around looking for work, and the lowest paying art job at that time was dust jackets for the hardcover books. And I got quite a bit of work along those lines. The next up the ladder were illustrations and paperbacks [covers]. And I ended up doing that, and I made a connection with a couple of companies who liked my work very much, and gave me as much work as I could handle. FACING PAGE: King Abdullah , gouache on board. Adventure c over, October 1956. If the man makes it from the alligator attack, he still has to deal with a jaguar overhead. Talk about being caught in a tight bind. ABOVE: Amazon Tribe of Taboo Madness , gouache on board. For Men Only c over, March 1968. Künstler managed to make the most improbable situation seem real, such as showing a couple kayaking on the Amazon river while they run into savages along the way.