When it came to building our wedding website, I wanted to avoid having pictures of me and Adam on every page, and so I began playing with inserting different pieces of art we enjoy. I put in some Rothko for Adam and some Chagall for me but, in the end, it all felt a little disjointed. Not visually harmonious at all.
I came across this image by Haddon Sundblom one day and fell in love; it perfectly captured the mood and ambience that I hoped to find in our wedding weekend celebration. I began searching for more and similar works by Sundblom (most famous for the Coca Cola Santas), John Gannam, and any other illustrator from the forties or fifties that I could find. Google Image Search helped me identify other artists and images that were suitable for the website. One great site with an enormous collection of vintage ads is Plan 59, and print reproductions of these images are available for purchase. I have plans to hang some of these on the walls of our first home...If you are interested in this type of art, I’m a big fan of the illustration blog Today's Inspiration, and I peruse its pages every now and then for a bit of aesthetic education. I highly recommend reading this site -- the images are gorgeous, and the author provides really terrific analysis and description of the artists' work, education, and influence on the field. No doubt, it is Inspiration-al (ba-dum-bum).
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