Now available from Flesk Publications - Jim Silke
Sketchbook and every order from their website will receive a unique bookplate
signed by Jim Silke!
Each image in the Jim Silke Sketchbook series is
meticulously reproduced from the original artwork, and designed to provide the
experience of leafing through the private portfolio of this modern master of
the art of the pinup.
Pouring over the pages of this colorful collection, the
soft, rich charcoals of a voluptuous nude give way to the sharp, angular pencil
study of a dashing hero’s subtle range of expression. The tight pastel
rendering of a bare fatale ushers forth the rough-hewn conceptual art of an unpublished
Rascals in Paradise tale. It is a volume as eclectic as it is personal to the
artist himself.
Jim Silke served as the Executive Art Director at Capitol
Records. He is the creator and editor of the magazines Cinema and Movies
International, novelist (the Death Dealer series), and screenwriter (Sahara,
King Solomon's Mines, Revenge of the Ninja, etc.). His books include, Bettie Page:
Queen of the Nile, Bettie Page: Queen of Hearts, Bettie Page Rules and Pin-Up:
The Illegitimate Art. Silke has won many awards, including a Grammy for the
cover of Judy at Carnegie Hall, an Emmy citation for AFI's James Cagney Life
Achievement Award, and citations from, The Society of Illustrators, and the Los
Angeles Art Directors' Club.
A gallery of sample images from the book are available
here.
More information on this and all of Flesk’s offerings can
be found at FleskPublications.com.