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Some long overdue updates at JimFlora.com, including recent News briefs on the homepage, a one-sheet about the just-released limited edition Jazz Quintet fine art print, and a glimpse at the forthcoming Primer For Prophets silk-screen series on the Merchandise page. On the Miscellany page, you can download a pdf of a terrific January 2008 article (“Lowbrow Genius”) about Flora that appeared in Knoxville Metro Pulse. The article also appears online, but the print version (as…

Detail, tempera on paper, 1962

A new Flora archival-quality fine art print has been released by Jim Flora Art LLC. The untitled 1943 work, which depicts five colorful musicians, is unofficially referred to as “Jazz Quintet.” An edition of ten (10) has been produced. One print (#9/10) is now listed on eBay at a Buy-It-Now price of $200 (+ s/h). After this print is sold, prices on remaining prints will increase (starting at $300) until the edition is sold out….

Detail, Joel Flora birth announcement, July 1947Image courtesy Richard Loffer

Sketches for RCA Victor LP cover, 1955; final design below:

untitled tempera and pencil on paper, from sketchbook, ca. 1950s

Self-Portrait: The Artist at Lunchtime pen & ink on paper, June, 1998

A Tribute to Alex Steinweiss, The Creator of the Album Cover, opens today at the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica. In 1939, during the era of 78 rpm discs, Steinweiss revolutionized how record albums were sold by inventing the illustrated album jacket. At the time he worked for Columbia Records, a struggling label based in Bridgeport, CT. Previously albums were shelved in shops with only the spine lettering exposed. Steinweiss’s vivacious color illustrations inspired…

business card, Davis Delaney Printing (ca. 1950s) pencil and tempera figures adaptedfor above card (from sketchbook)