Magnolia Street Artist Books by Lisa Young

Books

Godfather Death (Last Version)

The final version of this story, I hope. This one runs to 29 pages, and I have reproduced a few of them to tell the story here.
Godfather Death

A Grimms' fairy tale, illustrated with medieval art from many sources. A cautionary tale.
Rondel

A little poem-book made for a friend's birthday.
Forty-Five

This little poem of beautiful observation inspired this book.
Doubt

This new accordion book expresses my current, and frequent, state of mind.
Can We Fly?

The little girl in this book finds a book with her own image in it. As her image on the page strengthens, things start to happen. I don't think this book is finished, but it's on its way.
Aliens Have Taken Over My Body

Everybody of a certain age can relate to this book, and hopefully take comfort from the news that Aliens, not the women suffering menopause, are the cause of the weird behavior of menopausal women.
New Alphabet

Here's the Alphabet of Creepy Unpleasantness. I had a lot of fun making this one, and it's a good change of pace to go back to these bright colors.
Sweet Gum Ball

A woman and her dog discover the true meaning of the ubiquitous sweet gum ball.
Anna Featherina

A pop-up romance.
The Amazing Adventures of Juno

The character and shape of my friend Lisa's new dog Juno inspired this book.
The Crazies

What happens when you try to get off of prescription drugs? Here's one way it could go.
The Holbein Circus Comes To Town

This book is the first of what may be three or four books on the circus. This one shows the parade as the circus comes into town.
A Trip To Morocco- A Somewhat Scrambled Alphabet Story

This book was made to justify my abecedarian impulses.
Adam Names The Animals

Adam goes out to discover the world.
Eve's First Day

Eve spends her first day inventing civilization.
The Luminous Mist

This is a collage book I made as a support for a quote from Umberto Eco.It's not illustrative,just a ground for the quote to wander through.
Meditation

Thoughts about pairing.
Men See Women; Women See Women

A look at the differences and similarities in how men see women and women see women.
City of Wonders

A carousel book that takes the reader on a journey around a rather strange medieval city.
.The Country of the Pointed Firs

Story by Sarah Orne Jewett. A book made to thank my friend Jim for giving me a new copy of my favorite book.
Who Pays

This book was made to meet a call for a mail-art call for a small book on a political subject.