Wherever I Go, I Know Hugo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVNRKrOK6lPM1h7VOIF35jkwp12bUxfid4vgvEneIaSV7_rAeTZX0Qpxh4nfkxOYa8nUGLFkVDJKsv8e243yNwo8RpuGud1p9ZkytzxdduD9PFLJHFXmsU2Vyuz-DVHEb5Q56sXGiU1w/s1600-h/IMG_0689.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVNRKrOK6lPM1h7VOIF35jkwp12bUxfid4vgvEneIaSV7_rAeTZX0Qpxh4nfkxOYa8nUGLFkVDJKsv8e243yNwo8RpuGud1p9ZkytzxdduD9PFLJHFXmsU2Vyuz-DVHEb5Q56sXGiU1w/s320/IMG_0689.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Earlier today, I found myself in my local Crew Cuts, and I came across these lovely prints!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I absolutely adore the work of Hugo Guinness.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQ4qIcoBN6vSHtpEsFnaZWDwFcOwxWdQtF2UKsIXmSZkTP9DprJezDdNvoSFU5rDV2xlizDjBBvBLHpNlTDHddzlYjdgpH-pf0ikD_A6PuPpocrhXa9aeabz1f4bA-93zh-3VoaGukXw/s1600-h/beautiful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUiV1UGGlGllaJRMsyINWWcLA4f-OL5TQHmUGUWle9L0pqPi3CmsgTpXb0_RnVICGTfbGb3pZL8UvPq9l-Au-bhJoAszbkBpMrgL072CWKmKFAm-rZTMpSmOHQxykrAgFdZuHOcwcLZjo/s400/Bull-Terrier.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWm3BkGvZZ6PIawVFkhDyCZomMYxDPrwPFSPuXh0uz-3B-3Ootng-tiMWRvwbqNNQEM66_dHdFU28yV_wsqvnQ6wfUmRIPjQZ3PoL4FEJaT4H7c7LXzPDGKLpw3B_dPcDtEmDZHhqLQA/s1600-h/typewriter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWm3BkGvZZ6PIawVFkhDyCZomMYxDPrwPFSPuXh0uz-3B-3Ootng-tiMWRvwbqNNQEM66_dHdFU28yV_wsqvnQ6wfUmRIPjQZ3PoL4FEJaT4H7c7LXzPDGKLpw3B_dPcDtEmDZHhqLQA/s400/typewriter.jpg" width="347" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>JohnDerian</i></span>  <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't recall exactly when or where I first laid eyes on Hugo Guinness' charming lino block prints.  It may have been in Domino magazine, or possibly the New York Times.  However, I do remember that I learned a little more about this talented artist from the September, 2009 issue of Vogue.  The article was mainly about the fantastic paintings of Elliott Puckette.  In fact, the paintings were so spectacular, that I had googled Puckette.  Not only was I surprised to learn that Elliot Puckette,  was a woman, but, that she was married to the artist that created the whimsical block prints I had been admiring.  <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NkvFp3wJkCGwNIv5nhtqLE2p-QyEXw6tgm6n5xcVfVGw1HS08KS5Qmf-GbsMERjzXgoZ4iKIV0qz-njIU0U85r8Osn1kukHL7Cc30v0DoiGEVLhcZeFDMX4n9vPrnq1YPHIO5lC_2vM/s1600-h/6a00e54fe9de5c88330120a5db0898970b-320wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NkvFp3wJkCGwNIv5nhtqLE2p-QyEXw6tgm6n5xcVfVGw1HS08KS5Qmf-GbsMERjzXgoZ4iKIV0qz-njIU0U85r8Osn1kukHL7Cc30v0DoiGEVLhcZeFDMX4n9vPrnq1YPHIO5lC_2vM/s400/6a00e54fe9de5c88330120a5db0898970b-320wi.jpg" width="265" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Elliott Puckette painting via Vogue</i></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGAOp-bgGpXoY6jNWkfIzHqbCCBUTaScwEzKVlSe-ywTvFh5Z9A40Fx1wUTnoYytlzKGkaXW4_hv1U3ShJnYUAIfvUHfSUYOwRMJXTrxbDsEBTxzW68E8dvRy9784qlI6pbOOY0UimyU/s1600-h/6a00e54fe9de5c88330120a67b4637970c-800wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGAOp-bgGpXoY6jNWkfIzHqbCCBUTaScwEzKVlSe-ywTvFh5Z9A40Fx1wUTnoYytlzKGkaXW4_hv1U3ShJnYUAIfvUHfSUYOwRMJXTrxbDsEBTxzW68E8dvRy9784qlI6pbOOY0UimyU/s400/6a00e54fe9de5c88330120a67b4637970c-800wi.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Puckette/Guiness home via Vogue</i></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i> </i><span style="font-size: small;">And, apparently Crew Cuts isn't the only store that admires Mr. Guinness' work.  Several weeks ago I came across this image in Lonny Magazine, taken at the gorgeous Kate Spade flagship store in Manhattan.<br /></span></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9VC2CNfgqEouiiH7MkJCegIarSEGcp12Jr90oJq7d-quHD5_db4d632ftS3rj8m5fpf6sI-VZJ_UdA9-lSn9aoj9oPqc6MVJLKzcchft15Em7aLypsB0rhKjW6MshBbLQsq0_3QifyA/s1600-h/Lonny_KateSpadewall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Wherever I Go, I Know Hugo

Earlier today, I found myself in my local Crew Cuts, and I came across these lovely prints! I absolutely adore the work of Hugo Guinness. Jo...

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