Wendy MacNaughton is an artist and illustrator based in San Francisco. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Juxtapoz, GOOD, 7×7 and she is a Staff Illustrator at Longshot Magazine. She has a website and blog. You can reach her here.
38 responses
Aaron
This is really fantastic. Calling this a “comic” is a misnomer. What an eye for composition and feeling. Just really beautiful.
John
As a young(ish) member of the Dolphin Club, I just want to say you beautifully captured the feeling and magic of the building and the people who make it. I especially loved seeing the renderings of the old ladies and John, Walt, and Ken.
Ariane
I love you Wendy Mac.
cindy
AMAZING!!!! Wonderful…get ye to a publisher. CHRONICLE BOOKS?
Ari Messer
I used to see these intrepid human animals in the water every morning when I was working on a boat at the pier. It always felt like peering back into an older state of being, and you capture that vibe here perfectly.
Isaac,
It’s not showing up for me, either. Just the title then the comments… Tried clicking on the title again, saw one swimsuited lady only, clicked again and got back here, where there are no pics.
Lara
Beautiful. Looks beautiful on my browser. I hope Seth gets to see it. Some of the loveliest use of the virtual page I have ever seen. Thank you, Wendy MacNaughton! I would love to see it in print, but oh, what lovely use of the wwweb.
thanks for all the nice comments, everyone. can you let me know if it is still not working with firefox, chelsea? if not, isaac and i will try some troubleshooting. thanks.
Steve
Fantastic Wendy. Can’t wait to see who you get to know next.
Brian Gilbert
Can’t open it. What browser do I need?
Kate
A flick of the wrist; economy in motion, each stroke conveys our little world.
Has anyone ever rendered our intrepid swimmers,our flagged little row boats, and our odd swimming accoutrements so charmingly?
Great artful story-telling, Wendy. thankyou
you have captured the aroma & taste, the savor & savoir faire! and i oughta know ! i am a seagull who loves these fellow living beings, even ‘tho they never feed me enough … scrawck !!!
Richard
I haven’t been able to view the drawings. I can view Wendy’s chess players okay. There must be a slight difference in technology used to display the two sets of drawings on the web site. If the diff was known then a tweak of browser settings would likely solve the problem
Firat
This is an incredible series of images. It made me see the Dolphin Club anew, a place I go almost everyday, and fall in love with it again. As for Ken being one of the old goats, I think he still has a few years ahead of him before he qualifies.
Superb! I forwarded this link to those friends of family who have always been quizzically supportive of my Dolphin habit- here they can sense the fun without the hypothermia. Cheers, Peter
Peter
Follow up- can we buy reproductions in print?
Peter
wendy macnaughton
happy to hear this resonates with the dolphins. peter, no print repros available yet (though there will be one to view at the club soon). who knows, maybe these will be made into a book someday. meanwhile, if there is a particular image you are interested in, contact me at wendy@wendymacnaughton.com
DudeG
Finally it’s working. Awesome. I love this. Makes me want to get out and do stuff, which I will. After work, though. Thank you for this wonderful work.
Anonymous
Beautiful! This club and its members fascinate me. A really gorgeous and entertaining portrayal. Thanks, Wendy. Thanks, Rumpus.
Wendy, as usual you WOW me with your sketches! Beautiful work! It makes me feel like I know these folks and what it’s like to hang with them. Thank you for introducing us! 🙂
Looks great on Firefox 3.6.12 on Mac OS X. Intense economy of words and lines, everything pulling its weight and more! *demonstrates crush on Wendy with a comparatively economical posting (for her anyway)*
Wendy,
Love the Whitehall/Pilot renderings & Orange bobby-thingys advancing to the flag and through life.
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38 responses
This is really fantastic. Calling this a “comic” is a misnomer. What an eye for composition and feeling. Just really beautiful.
As a young(ish) member of the Dolphin Club, I just want to say you beautifully captured the feeling and magic of the building and the people who make it. I especially loved seeing the renderings of the old ladies and John, Walt, and Ken.
I love you Wendy Mac.
AMAZING!!!! Wonderful…get ye to a publisher. CHRONICLE BOOKS?
I used to see these intrepid human animals in the water every morning when I was working on a boat at the pier. It always felt like peering back into an older state of being, and you capture that vibe here perfectly.
Thanks for honoring our club and its wonderful members with your beautiful sketches, Wendy.
I seem to be caught in some web circular craziness wherein I can’t get to Meanwhile, only back to the menu page that has the comments at the bottom.
Seth: Scroll up, the piece is right above this comments section.
Isaac,
It’s not showing up for me, either. Just the title then the comments… Tried clicking on the title again, saw one swimsuited lady only, clicked again and got back here, where there are no pics.
Beautiful. Looks beautiful on my browser. I hope Seth gets to see it. Some of the loveliest use of the virtual page I have ever seen. Thank you, Wendy MacNaughton! I would love to see it in print, but oh, what lovely use of the wwweb.
ah. Perhaps Seth and I are both on IE? (Not my fave, either, but it’s all I’m allowed at work.) I will try again once I’m home on my Firefox.
This is beautiful! Love it!
thanks for all the nice comments, everyone. can you let me know if it is still not working with firefox, chelsea? if not, isaac and i will try some troubleshooting. thanks.
Fantastic Wendy. Can’t wait to see who you get to know next.
Can’t open it. What browser do I need?
A flick of the wrist; economy in motion, each stroke conveys our little world.
Has anyone ever rendered our intrepid swimmers,our flagged little row boats, and our odd swimming accoutrements so charmingly?
Great artful story-telling, Wendy. thankyou
These drawings are awesome.
Love it! Wanna see more of her stuff.
Fabulous, Wendy! Really beautiful and captures the feeling of the Dolphin Club so well.
Brilliant! As wonderful as a swim in the cove. Thanks.
you have captured the aroma & taste, the savor & savoir faire! and i oughta know ! i am a seagull who loves these fellow living beings, even ‘tho they never feed me enough … scrawck !!!
I haven’t been able to view the drawings. I can view Wendy’s chess players okay. There must be a slight difference in technology used to display the two sets of drawings on the web site. If the diff was known then a tweak of browser settings would likely solve the problem
This is an incredible series of images. It made me see the Dolphin Club anew, a place I go almost everyday, and fall in love with it again. As for Ken being one of the old goats, I think he still has a few years ahead of him before he qualifies.
The most inspiring fitness club in the world and you captured it perfectly. That was a delight to look through!
I can’t see any picture except the back of the woman in the swimsuit & cap. How do I see the rest of the pictures?
For those of you having trouble viewing the image, go here
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1066/5147771523_e78757e2bb_o.jpg
and then click the image to enlarge and view.
Superb! I forwarded this link to those friends of family who have always been quizzically supportive of my Dolphin habit- here they can sense the fun without the hypothermia. Cheers, Peter
Follow up- can we buy reproductions in print?
Peter
happy to hear this resonates with the dolphins. peter, no print repros available yet (though there will be one to view at the club soon). who knows, maybe these will be made into a book someday. meanwhile, if there is a particular image you are interested in, contact me at wendy@wendymacnaughton.com
Finally it’s working. Awesome. I love this. Makes me want to get out and do stuff, which I will. After work, though. Thank you for this wonderful work.
Beautiful! This club and its members fascinate me. A really gorgeous and entertaining portrayal. Thanks, Wendy. Thanks, Rumpus.
Wendy, as usual you WOW me with your sketches! Beautiful work! It makes me feel like I know these folks and what it’s like to hang with them. Thank you for introducing us! 🙂
I love this–it is excellent, thank you.
Looks great on Firefox 3.6.12 on Mac OS X. Intense economy of words and lines, everything pulling its weight and more! *demonstrates crush on Wendy with a comparatively economical posting (for her anyway)*
Always proud to see your scribbles, M’Lady. Methinks I will go get that one from the cafe. Makes me 🙂
thanks for the link, michele. i would have missed it if not for you. i enjoyed it. art and story (though art more than story.)
thank you fo that eye – and heartopener…!
Wendy,
Love the Whitehall/Pilot renderings & Orange bobby-thingys advancing to the flag and through life.
In your next issue I see grappa, Averna and the scent of Port Orford Cedar.
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