"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

On the Second Day of Christmas, my True Love Gave to Me…

  1. On the second day of Christmas
    my true love sent to me:
    Two Turtle Doves
    and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

What the heck is a turtle dove? It’s a dove, one of the brown ones, but we’ll see some of the artists have ideas of their own. So, in case you need to be your own true love today, here’s some couple of turtledoves you can buy yourself to stay in the festive mood.

1. M Tuzon

M Tuzon Design is wonderful and his surreal work is just what we need this year. I already talked about him on Day 1, just take a look at his turtle doves

2. Iain Hamilton

Ian Hamilton of Bewilderbeest, proudly absurd by self-definition, is also not disappointing when it comes to turtle doves. All his Christmas cards are amazing. I’ll feature him also in the next days.

3. Hester Durkan

We started off as non-serious and I think it’s too late to turn around now. Hes Durkan’s doves are as confused as we are, about the turtle part…

4. Dani Williams

Let’s face it: they were never doves. Or, at least, this is Dani’s theory in this charming Christmas card.

 

I’ve decided to continue showing you beautiful stuff (or at least stuff I think it’s beautiful) even after Christmas, but instead of having monographic articles featuring single illustrators I’ll be grouping them with themes. As a theme I’m picking the Twelve Days of Christmas, a British carol I adore. If you never heard it (you’re clearly not Britsh) I suggest you take a look at this incredible performance.

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