margaret kilgallen
Margaret Kilgallen was inspired by hand-painted signs, typography, and folk arts. She created huge murals, but never used a projector because she liked the imperfections created by her own hand. You can read more about Margaret Kilgallen here and here and see more images on flickr.
image credits: [1] randall garrett [2] sketchypad [3] michael james maxwell [4 & 5] press pause
Categories: art
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sylvie of silver lining
February 10, 2010 at 9:24 amthe simple bird and tree trunk works are impossibly charming. she is such a wonderful artist :)
thanks for sharing…
Michelle
February 10, 2010 at 9:49 amShe’s a favorite, for sure.
Lindsey Balbierz
February 10, 2010 at 10:00 amI remember I first learned about her when I was interning for illustrators, Melinda Beck and Jordin Isip while I was in college. I received a book on Margaret Kilgallen when I graduated as a gift from them. What an impressive amount of work that she has!
http://www.lindseybalbierz.blogspot.com/
Hayley
February 10, 2010 at 10:24 amMargaret Kilgallen was in the 2008 film Beautiful Losers. I would highly recommend you watch it if you find her work inspiring. She was an incredible artist, thinker and musician.
EM
February 10, 2010 at 11:16 amWow! What fantastic murals and paintings! I had not heard of Margaret Kilgallen until now. Thank you so much for this post!
Jacqui
February 10, 2010 at 1:55 pmWe are huge fans of Margaret’s work. The link below shows her talking about her work before she past away, it’s really inspiring. It also shows a little about her husband who is also a great artist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ejN8ZlX4U
ellie
February 10, 2010 at 1:57 pmThanks Jacqui! I’ve seen that video and loved it (recommend it for those who haven’t), and I love Barry McGee’s work too!
lydia
February 10, 2010 at 9:30 pmi’ve always admired margaret kilgallen’s work. the integration of illustration and typography, the influence of folk art, the palette–all inspiring and masterfully handled!
Jeanelle
February 11, 2010 at 12:36 amit would be cool & a homage to the artist if a designer could convert her fonts into usable type.