Mischief and Sinister Curiosity

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.

cherry plucker with heartbird

"Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime."

untitled tempera with pencil, ca. early 1960s

found in sketchbook

The Rape of the Stationmaster's Daughter

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

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

A-one, a-two, a-three...

Numbers

Gup traincar

Spot illustration, Gup: 3 Adventures, Little Man Press, 1942

Chance Encounter print now on eBay

A new fine art print of a wild 1970 Jim Flora tempera painting has been listed on eBay. We have editioned 20 prints of Chance Encounter, and only two are being offered at the launch price.

15 minutes later: SOLD.
Further prints of this edition are available at JimFlora.com.

JimFlora.com facelift

Mr. Otis Fodder has completed his technical, systematic, and cosmetic overhaul of JimFlora.com.

Many surprises in store: new images, rotating homepage headers, streamlined checkout system for fine art prints, better-organized galleries, mailing list sign-up, and bottomless bowls of Terra Chips and Reese's Cups.

Visit, please.

obscure Flora EP cover found

7" EP, 1954 (probably not released on LP)

Romeo and Juliet

Cover detail, Morton Downey Sings Songs You Love (Camden CAE 245), 1954

JimFlora.com to get new look

JimFlora.com has retained the erstwhile talents of Mr. Otis Fodder (of The Bran Flakes fame) to redesign the site. Launch is expected in a week or so.

Meanwhile, the Primer for Prophets and Manhattan prints are now available thru JimFloraArt.com, the Flora family's official website.

Stationmaster train

Detail from The Rape of the Stationmaster's Daughter, an undated early 1940s tempera on paper. Elements of this work were adapted by designer Laura Lindgren for the cover of The Curiously Sinister Art of Jim Flora, and the complete painting was featured in the book. On the production schedule for March 2008: the fine art print.

critter quintet

untitled pencil sketches, early 1940s

Manhattan limited edition print

Jim Flora Art LLC has produced a limited-edition, archival-quality fine art print of a 1954 Jim Flora hand-tinted woodcut entitled Manhattan. The cityscape depicts New York in its 1950s glory, including a number of gotham landmarks such as the Empire State Building, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Madison Square Garden, the Statue of Liberty, famous theaters and legendary musical bistros, Washington Square arch, subways, taxis, horse-drawn carriages and tourists.

Only twenty-five (25) prints of Manhattan were produced for this edition. The first five prints (#21/25 thru #25/25) were offered Wednesday on eBay—and sold out in less than two hours. We are now offering #16/25 thru #20/25 at JimFlora.com.

A Flora Valentine

Coming soon: the next four screen prints in the Primer for Prophets series: Cooked, Quaffed, Groomed, and Kissed. Release target = late February or early March. If you purchased a complete numbered set of the first foursome (Jived, Smoked, Ate, Drove), you have a preemptive claim on the identical statistic for this quartet. We've got your number.

Nine down ...

... one to go:

JimFlora.com updated

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 pdf) contains a lot of Flora art that wasn't posted online.

Finally, the NOT FLORA gallery continues to grow. This page catalogs LP covers which look suspiciously like Flora's handiwork, but were NOT illustrated by our guy. When you find what you think is a rare, undiscovered gem, curb your enthusiasm until you check this collection of faux Floras.

Bonus: This video has nothing to do with Flora, but we've watched it twelve (!) times and laughed so hard we almost coughed blood.

Thanks much to Jeff Winner for the tech support and design guidance.

Roman Forum (1962)

Detail, tempera on paper, 1962

a.k.a. Jazz Quintet

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. The print currently listed on eBay will be sold on a first-come basis.

Update: Print sold. If you're interested in purchasing a print from this edition, it can be purchased through JimFlora.com.