Brian Pilkington
Illustrator and Book Artist
He is not a troll (?)...
He is a gifted painter of trolls!
Brian Pilkington was born in Liverpool, England, and spent his childhood there. He has been living in Iceland for twenty years and is an Icelandic citizen.
The first book he illustrated was "A Love Story from the Mountains" (Ástarsaga úr fjöllunum) by Guðrún Helgadóttir, in 1981.
Since that time he has illustrated a number of books, also written text and illustrated his own books.
posted by Greta Björg @ 7.7.05
3 Comments:
I love Brian Pilkington, and trolls, and am of Icelandic background, living in Canada. I was so excited to find your blog. Please keep it up!
Judy Wilson
Hello:I am endeavoring again to either read online or purchase:Manasteinar i Vasanum by Brian Pilkington...or just get a jest of the story. It seems to be out of print and even a library in Canada will not let it be borrowed. I have also contacted the publisher but no response. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Blessings
Jill Horne
ps..just found 4 pics from book..that is a start..smiling
I visited Iceland last fall and saw two trolls on the street that leads up to the big cathedral in Reykavik. A friend gave me your book Trolls. Your art work made a big impression on me.
Recently I was given the task of creating giant wearable puppets for a children's parade at the Girdwood (Alaska) Forest Fair.
A troll seemed the perfect subject. I was inspired by some of the illustrations in your book and with some artist friends created a giant (2.5 meter tall by 1.5 meter in diameter) Troll puppet that was part of the parade.
I would like to send you photographs of the Troll. This blog space does not accept images.
I will try to reach out to you through your publisher.
If you read this you can contact me directly and I will send some images along to you.
Tommy Salami O'Malley
akomalley@acsalaska.net
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