This is the first of two 48 Softbound collections pages of watercolor and ink work of Stout. Topics include dragons, genies, and witches, as well as scenes of Oz and Aesop. The penwork is flowery, complex, and sometimes visionary, smaller details and subordinate characters adding levels fascination for images. The introduction Stout credits the inspiration he draws from the book illustrators in the early 20th century children, especially Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, John Bauer, and William Heath Robinson.
This is the first of two related volumes. The next will feature women and wonders, and will be called "Inspirations".
There is also a signed hardcover edition, limited to 500 copies, which is almost exhausted.
Flesk Publications
official website of William Stout.
