Unconditional Smile of The Artist Jack Tickle

 

      What is different between adults and children? The age, perception of the life, encounted experience and the wisdom. Being grew up means that we have lost our naturalness and naivety of an impact of the monumental (busy, overwhelming, multi tasking) present in fast moving environment of 21 century. Made artworks' outputs in a form of books for children, by my subjective opinion, gives not only happiness and joy for the young audience, but also add a spiritual energy as well as works have a power cherish a hidden wish to see the future positively.

       The artist Tickle (pseudonym of Jane Chapman) is one of creators, who builds high persuasiveness in her warm colourful pictures what I relish looking at her published books. She is working in acrylic painting, because of appreciation of this technique.

       The picture book ‘The Crunching Munching Caterpillar’ by Sheridan Cain is scenic and pretty. The character (caterpillar) reminds me the sun shine and limited colour pallet highlights the main basic agent. When I look at him, I really feel that the caterpillar is looking at me wanting hug me and you as well.

 

'The Crunching Munching Caterpillar' (Little Tiger Press, 2010).

 

        A big flow of kindness and visual warmth comes from images of the book ‘The Very Busy Bugs’. I extremely like bit, positive weird meaning  of the Jack Tickle's bee. There are friendly colours and graduated blending of them makes a pleasant view. The unity of the pink and bright yellow strengths a visual outcome easy and takes over the spirit of the paintings.  

       

‘The Very Busy Bugs’ (Little Tiger Press, 2005)

 

        Pictures from ‘Look Out, Ladybug!’  constitutes again one part of the added valuable pieces in the big pool  of  Jack Tickler’s distinctive style.  The ladybug is bit worried as the facial expressions ‘tells’ about it and here is also the good recognisable caterpillar from other her book.
 

 

 

 

‘Look Out, Ladybug!’ (Little Tiger Press, 2005)
 

     

     When I observe spreads of the content, I see a great balance of the design: typography is clear and good understandable, it reflects curvy shape of the ladybird chilling on a flower. The images ‘breathes’ on the blue sky, the sun is chosen as the focus point and lead to the ladybird.

 

Spread No. 1

 

‘Look Out, Ladybug!’ (Little Tiger Press, 2005)

 

 

 

 

Spread No. 2

 

‘Look Out, Ladybug!’ (Little Tiger Press, 2005)

 

     The spread of above picture are nicely balanced, main importance goes for the blue surface and the movement of the ladybird is shown by painted cut lines. The character remains the same with its features. The caterpillar amazed look at the lazy ‘lady’ who desired to explore the life.  

       By looking at pages of chosen books, I have seen  a radiant sunshine outputs of the artist Jack Tickler published artworks and it has lifted my spirit unconditionally.