There is a great article at the beginning of  this month’s American Art Collector (#48) relating to illustration. Eric Cohler, a leading interior designer and a regular contributer to AAC, interviews Judy Goffman Cutler about her collection of artwork.  She and her husband have assembled an inspiring collection of originals from the greats of the golden age of illustration including J.C. Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell, Mead Schaeffer, Howard Pyle and many more.  Their collection is so definitive that in 1998 they founded the National Museum of American Illustration in Newport, Rhode Island.  Visitors to the museum can view their collection on Fridays at 2pm with no reservation.

If you haven’t had a chance to, check out the artist demos that Illustration Academy has posted.  I enjoyed the George Pratt and Mark English clips.

View the demo list here.

The Outlandish Adventures of Liberty Aimes will be out soon!  Laura Lutz, a librarian and marketing manager at HarperCollins, previewed the book and said it  “featured some of the cleverest, funniest spot art I’ve seen in awhile. In particular, the “world’s oldest liontamer”. Trust me when I tell you that you haven’t really, truly laughed until you have seen this piece of art… ”

Read more of her thoughts on Random House’s summer line up over at Pinot and Prose.