Kathryn Rathke Illustration
Specializing in Wendy & Samuel Beckett!
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A quiet treasure in John Soane’s Museum in London. It’s really not very big, nothing fancy, not overly grotesque… yet at some point in history somebody was paid to spend a good deal of time creating this… why? To remind us t
I have a plate to decorate, so I was thinking George Orwell plus flowers… ? #portraitillustration #linedrawing #linedrawings #lineportrait #georgeorwell #illustration #illustrationart
Reading Party at The Sorrento tonight! A few years ago I and the might @corianton created these bookplates, and they perfectly evoke what I love about the Silent Reading Party: we are all quietly reading by a cozy fire, sipping cocktails… if y
Thinking of America’s treasure, Dolly Parton, the one and only thing we can all still agree on, today… long may she reign! Special thanks to pal @itthinksitspeople , who gave me the excuse to draw her. #dollyparton #portrait #portraitar
Barry Blitt is such a genius for capturing the moment. When Wier Harman asked years ago me to create portraits of geniuses of my choosing, for use at our glorious Town Hall, Blitt was at the top of my list, and he just continues to nail it! #barrybl
If you are outside in Seattle on this gorgeous day you will be hearing the trilling of randy juncos! Junco women, hide your daughters! (Drawing not to scale)
I’ve been so enjoying listening to Roberta Flack on #kexp this morning, so I tried to draw her, and her perfect hair sort of took on a Medici headdress sort of look, which i hope she’s be okay with… RIP and thank you, Ms. Flack! #
Darn it #davidlynch
Dear Mr Lincoln, eight score and one year ago you asked whether a nation conceived and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal could long endure… Well we are NOT giving up on it! Not giving up.
Halloween Hijinx: the kids have to vote for either Democracy or Monarchy in order to get candy. If they vote democracy they get candy and a tiny scroll of the Gettysburg Address. If they vote monarchy they get a blob of blood pudding
Mads Mikkelsen in The Promised Land. Anybody seen this? #madsmikkelsen #thepromisedland #portrait #portraitillustration #portraitpainting #illustration #peopleillustration #faceillustration #handsome
I was searching my Dropbox for “birds” and found this. Why did I create this? For what???
Panna Cotta! #pannacotta