Beetle Brow and the Beasties

Murray Tinkelman‘s Bestiary, 1970:

Beasties, 1970 (Beetle Brow) (c) Murray Tinkelman
(studio / Hartford Illustration MFA / Squint – Hartford MFA blog)

Beasties, 1970 (c) Murray Tinkelman
(studio / Hartford Illustration MFA / Squint – Hartford MFA blog)

Beasties, 1970 (Flea by Knight) (c) Murray Tinkelman
(studio / Hartford Illustration MFA / Squint – Hartford MFA blog)

Beasties, 1970 (Warrior) (c) Murray Tinkelman
(studio / Hartford Illustration MFA / Squint – Hartford MFA blog)

Beasties, 1970 (c) Murray Tinkelman
(studio / Hartford Illustration MFA / Squint – Hartford MFA blog)

Murray Tinkelman kindly let me feature his wonderful Bestiary. These images first appeared in the long-defunct magazine Lithopinion, and were reprinted in the book The Illustrations of Murray Tinkelman.

An award-winning illustrator, Murray is currently Director of the Limited Residency MFA in Illustration program at the Hartford Art School – University of Hartford (his wife Carol is the Program Administrator). This program is designed for illustrators who have a career and want to go for an master’s degree without upsetting their professional schedule. They also have a blog called Squint which features work from students and alumni.

Leif Peng of Today’s Inspiration did an excellent series of posts on Murray in 2009 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. The last scan above is his (I made the rest using The Illustrations of Murray Tinkelman).