Detail, Distress and Dismay, tempera on paper, ca. 1971-74

Peril on the high seas.

Update: Two prints sold. Edition now available at JimFlora.com. Now listed on eBay: a limited-edition, archival-quality fine art print of an uncirculated 1963 Flora tempera painting, Back to Bellefontaine. Flora was born in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, in 1914, and lived there until 1934, when he enrolled at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Only 25 prints were produced for this edition. Prints #25/25 and 24/25 are being offered at the launch price of $200/ea. Prices…

Detail, draft manuscript, The Fabulous Firework Family (1955)

My article about Flora which appeared in the August 2007 issue of Juxtapoz is now posted at JimFlora.com. Two footnotes:1) Typos and lamentable editorial “improvements” in the print version have been emended;2) Since the Flora works which illustrated the print version are already prominently displayed elsewhere on the site, I substituted new (and in some cases previously uncirculated) images.

“Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime.” untitled tempera with pencil, ca. early 1960s found in sketchbook

New Jim Flora fine art print launched on eBay. Two prints offered @ Buy-It-Now price of $250/ea. Not mentioned in item description: we have already sold prints 17/20 and 18/20; after the two launch prints sell, the next two released prints (15/20 and 16/20) will be offered at $300 via JimFlora.com. Elements of this early 1940s tempera were adapted for the cover of The Curiously Sinister Art of Jim Flora.

Trio, pen & ink with felt-tip marker on paper, ca. 1993-94