‘They’re so small they’re evading our terrible lizards’
In 1977, this poster hung on my bedroom closet door – and was eventually eaten up by use of that same door.
It came as an extra large ‘freebie’ in the Star Wars soundtrack, which I bought thinking it was this album. It wasn’t. It was the symphonic score; for me, an introduction to classical music. What I learned from the free poster – as a young impressionable creative – is abstraction, when done right, looks great.
It was painted by artist John Berkey – who used quick brush strokes that up close were a gloopy mess, but at a distance create energy and implied motion.
Berkey’s work influences me to this day.
And for my iTunes-loaded tracks of the Star Wars radio program, I’m using some of his art as my ‘album covers,’ below.
As for Star Wars’ ‘terrible lizards,’ these are them.
Poster found via KlaatuCarpenter
