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Feb 15, 2022

December promotion winners announced!

Thanks to everyone who donated to December's gift giveaway promotion for AMSEL: ILLUSTRATOR OF THE LOST ART. I truly appreciate your...

Jan 30, 2022

On "CODED" messages in illustration...

I just watched the documentary "CODED: THE HIDDEN LOVE OF J.C. LEYENDECKER" on Paramount+, which profiles the art of America's first...

Jan 6, 2022

Remembering Harriet Beck

Throughout the making of the Amsel documentary, there have been a number of people I’m indebted to for their assistance. The project...

Jan 3, 2022

Welcome to 2022, Giving Thanks, and Bittersweet Remembrances...

Happy new year, everyone! First and foremost, I want to thank all those who contributed to the documentary through our Fractured Atlas...

Dec 24, 2021

Just ONE WEEK LEFT!

Our December promotion, where we offer several "thank you" gifts for your donations, will come to an end in just one week! Donations must...

Dec 14, 2021

UPDATE re: End of year donations / MORE prizes to giveaway!

I want to thank everyone who has donated so far -- especially those who participated in "Giving Tuesday"! As a reminder, we have 501c3...

Nov 30, 2021

Amsel's quilt panel on display for WORLD AIDS DAY

In honor of this year's WORLD AIDS DAY, quilt block 5992, which includes Richard Amsel's panel, will be displayed to the public from...

Nov 29, 2021

End of year donations / prize giveaway!

I like to have little promotions here from time to time, as incentives for people to donate to the project. (As a reminder, we have 501c3...

Nov 27, 2021

Amsel inducted into the ALBUM COVER HALL OF FAME!

Yesterday I received an email from Mike Goldstein, the Curator/Editor of AlbumCoverHallofFame.com: I'm writing to you today to inform...

Oct 27, 2021

Amsel's Lost Art: America's Bicentennial!

It was almost six years ago when I interviewed the late Bob Esty in his home. Bob had a framed print of one of Richard Amsel's works -- a...

Oct 24, 2021

R.I.P.: David J. Negron (1935-2021)

One of the great joys of this documentary has been the opportunity to meet and learn from so many supremely talented people -- people who...

Sep 24, 2021

Amsel's panel on the AIDS Quilt to be displayed in December

A recent update to my previous post regarding Richard Amsel's panel on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. In honor of this year's WORLD AIDS DAY,...

Sep 18, 2021

Follow up re: Amsel's panel on the AIDS Memorial Quilt

In 2018, I had a panel made in Richard Amsel’s honor for inclusion in the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The panel was first unveiled in Los...

Aug 6, 2021

Oleg Cassini: A Fashion Icon, an Iconic Image

Even at the height of his career in movie posters, Richard Amsel continued to work on other projects. This included album covers, TV...

Aug 1, 2021

UPDATE: The winner of the giveaway is...

...KEATON BRONCUCIA! Thanks to everyone who contributed to this recent donation initiative! While COVID delayed a number of interviews...

Jul 24, 2021

Site updates: Merging the blog archives

The folks at WIX, which I use to maintain this site, have finally included a feature I've long hoped for: the ability to merge different...

Jun 22, 2021

Amsel's Lost Art: KRULL!!!

My most recent posts highlight some of Richard Amsel's unused and rarely seen works. While Amsel's talents were in high demand, he often...

Jun 21, 2021

Amsel's Lost Art: Unpublished TV GUIDE cover for "THE ROOKIES"

Adding to the collection of rarely seen work is Richard Amsel's unpublished TV GUIDE cover for the series, "THE ROOKIES". This was a...

Jun 18, 2021

Amsel's Lost Art: FUNNY LADY

My previous post highlighted Amsel's unused poster for TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. which was just one of the many pieces that has fallen into...

Jun 18, 2021

Amsel's Lost Art: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

The tagline of my documentary is "Illustrator of the Lost Art" for three reasons. First, it's an obvious (if perhaps tacky) play on...

Jun 12, 2021

YAHOO! MOVIES profiles RAIDERS' 40th, gives Amsel his due...

For some time now, I've had friendly communications with writer and author Mark O'Connell, whose lovely book WATCHING SKIES: STAR WARS,...

Jun 12, 2021

Donate now for the chance to win a print of Amsel's RAIDERS artwork, and receive other perks!

With RAIDERS fever in the air this weekend, I thought it was time to have another series of donation incentives for the documentary....

Jun 10, 2021

ART OF THE MOVIES posts Amsel Retrospective

Last February I posted an interview with writer Adam Kennedy, for his blog ART OF THE MOVIES. Today he posted a lovely retrospective of...

Jun 7, 2021

Amsel's panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt finally viewable on the Interactive AIDS Quilt page

I want to thank everyone for their kind comments regarding my recent writeup celebrating Richard Amsel’s two posters for RAIDERS OF THE...

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