ICON6 Tweeple: Dave Stolte
By Mark Kaufman
In this installment of tweeps I met at ICON6…Mr. Dave Stolte. Well to be fair, I never actually “met” Dave, but the great thing about live tweeting an event like this, is that while you are power tweeting about what this guy said, and what that dolt is doing, and what the food is like, you do get to read and follow the tweets of other the Twittering class. Dave and I were probably tweeting a few feet away from each other for three days. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Dave’s tweets at the conference and I still do.
That being said, this casual relationship has indeed sent me to seek out Dave’s work, and I am glad I did, a very sweet combination of hand drawn illustration and digital compositing that makes for a unique body of work. And for a seemingly contradictory proposition, I love his muted yet strong color palette. You can check it out here. Don’t just take my word for it, The Society of illustrators agrees with me. The piece above is included in the Illustrators 51 book and show. Dave also has an Etsy shop. So you can take him home with you, just like I did.In the virtual sense of course.
You can follow on Twitter at @DaveStolte
3 Comments
Dave Stolte
August 12, 2010Well hey there! Thanks Mark. Next time we'll have a drink or four in person.
Keith Moreland
August 12, 2010I have been a commercial illustrator myself for 32 years now, and I can say without a doubt, Dave's work touches me in a whimsical way that few artists can.
Not only the way he combines hand sketches with beautiful textures and color, but the ideas, characters and compositions force your mind to relate in a non intrusionary manner that creates happy emotions, as if you were invited to pull up a front row seat to the "feel good" artist of our time.
This isn't just art, it's therapy.
Mark Kaufman
August 13, 2010I couldn't have said it better myself Keith. In fact, from the post above, I didn't!
I usually abhor "whimsy", it is usually vapid, meaningless and done simply for cutesy sake, In Dave's work there is far more to it than the notion of cute, there is an idea there, which lifts it above the ghetto of whimsy.
Thanks for weighing in.