The Delinquent Comic Art of William Harroff
In August 2024, I completed my second art residency at the Gullkistan Center for Creativity in Laugarvatn, Iceland. The following month, I was awarded a major Illinois Arts Council Creative Catalyst Grant to produce a 4-book hardback series of prints featuring morning glory flowers from our southern Illinois home. My botanical artwork is part of major museum collections and has been featured on St. Louis television several times.
I have precious childhood memories of Mom’s rows of heart-shaped vines growing up the side of our garage, creating a bouquet of Heavenly Blues against the clear northern Indiana sky. There is an inner glow to a glory which acts as a beacon to pollinators, but is also reminiscent of stars glowing at night.
The 4-book 10" X 10" hardback series © 2025 includes over 100 vector drawings and photographs each signed by the artist. The series has already been added to the Library of Congress collection as well as the Illinois Authors collections at the Illinois State Library, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, McKendree University and Bradley University.
My solo exhibition, American Glory, appeared at the Peoria Art Guild's Gallery in July. The Guild also recorded an interview with me about the direction of my work. Each book represents a specific time in the day-long life of a morning glory. Critics have favorably compared my images to designs from Marimekko, Art Nouveau and the Vienna Sezession.
BOOK DESCRIPTIONS
i am a morning glory is the fundamental photo book of the series, expressing my faith and our place in nature. The life cycle of the morning glory symbolizes our lives; each of us, vine-tied together, emerge as uniquely created beings who flower for a brief moment and are then gone.
$69.99 plus $8 postage
I love the colors red, white and blue! American Glory reinvigorates the colors' vibrancy using bright broad expanses of red and blue morning glories.
$59.99 plus $8 postage
Daybreak Glory encompasses the sometimes blinding first light of the day; heavenly glories in blues and purples compete with the dawn sky.
$59.99 plus $8 postage
Twilight Glory represents the last light of sunset as darkness begins to close in; morning glories appear as silhouettes emerging in hues of deep purple, rose, orange and ochre.
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Buy all four books for $225 with free postage. To purchase, please include your shipping address along with payment via PayPal (or similar online payment platform) to: william.harroff@gmail.com