Miller, Bobby

I hope you enjoy these pieces as much as I do. I am always looking to add to the girls and if you have a piece that would compliment this collection let me know. I started my collection in the 70's . My favorite artists? Glad you asked. Alberto Vargas reigns supreme in my collection. My workspace and home is filled with his work. His vision of the World War II American beauty has always reverberated in my head and has served as a template of the idealized female form. I feel that his work with Playboy was very edited by Hef that in the end, the work created was a Vargas/Hefner mutant. I enjoy many of those works, but it is clear that Vargas' strength was works created pre-Playboy. I have a few for your enjoyment. But my collection is funneled through Vargas' vision. I bit hook, line and sinker. Note: Vargas didn't create much. Some stuff pre 1941 for Esquire, maybe like 30 or 40 pieces, is all that exists. All of the paintings done for Esquire are at the University of Kansas. Some stuff done between 1946 and late 50's are available and the Playboy stuff. Something like 150 pieces. So I feel the pieces are severely undervalued and under appreciated. Bill Ward took that Vargas girl and pumped steroids into her. Mostly estrogens I think. His best works stands with any of Alberto's work. (If Alberto only worked in Conte crayon) Did I say prolific? Bill Ward was the opposite of Vargas. Alberto would take a month to create a piece. Bill Ward created a piece in 2 to 3 hours. Boy, if Ward had that contract with Esquire magazine instead of Vargas, hmmm. I have for your viewing pleasure some of the best Wards created. (Thank you Alex Chun!!) Nagel in my opinion is the most underrated graphic artist of the 20th century. I hope you like what is in my collection. What Vargas and Ward are to Delacroix-- Nagel is to Ingres. They are opposites. Painterly versus linear. And yet, a masterful Nagel work is jaw dropping. He proved less is more. Linsner is both painterly and linear and prolific!. Like Vargas, self taught. I can spot a Linsner work from across the room. The eyes. Linsner's girls have unique eyes. Almond shaped. Almost always. His masterful renditions of the female form are some of the best out there. I have assembled a bevy of particularly good lasses for your viewing pleasure. Linsner's work is both static and dynamic. The word is chiaroscuro. Linsner's best works defines it. (Thanks Eva Hopkins for helping me assemble this collection.) Budd Root is a painterly genius. He blends all of the elements every American male loves. Dinosaurs, big breasts, blue eyes, a beautiful body composed of an array of paints, inks and imagination. He takes the Ward girl, adds color and presents her in High Definition. All for your viewing pleasure. Budd also employs chiaroscuro. And he is quite good at it. My favorite breast is a Budd Root breast. And that is a high compliment. Lastly, my favorite comic artist. Self taught. Detailed oriented. His work was linear but always in motion. Michael Turner was unique. I throw him up as the opposite of Budd Root. Didn't paint. Chose pencils instead. His hook? The Turner eye. Lots of lashes. HIs girls were not voluptuous. Thin women with large breasts. 1/5 anime. The reason we like it. Lots of movement in his work. His covers? Brilliant. Like Nagel, he died too young. You'll see mostly pin up art in this gallery. As other artists make an impact on my life, I'll add to it. Enjoy!!