Today is the 8th day of the 8th month of 2012!

Another nice date: 8.8.2012 . I like it when dates align like that, in some way it seems special.

Charley Harper 1922-2007

The artwork on this jigsaw is called “Wings of the World” and is by American Wildlife artist Charley Harper.

I bought this jigsaw from a charity shop, and my young cousins and I put it together in July. It caught my eye because I like Charley Harper’s style of painting.

I discovered his work serendipitously, at my University's library, where a new book caught my eye: Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life by Todd Oldham.

I liked the simplicity of his style, his colour and his compositions. His work seems to be notable for the simple, geometric style that he employed when painting wildlife, especially bird life.