Studio Notes

How Danish poster art shaped my illustration style through family history, observation, and everyday life. I don't remember anyone talking about Danish poster art when I was growing up. The posters were simply there. Some hung on walls. Others appeared in old books or portfolios that seemed to have existed forever. I knew my great-granduncle Aage Rasmussen, had designed travel posters for DSB (Danish State Railways) in the mid-twentieth century, but as a child it didn't feel

Old photographs, films, and illustrated books are among the things I return to most often when looking for material to draw. I'm particularly interested in Denmark in the early and mid-20th century—not only how places looked, but the details that locate a scene in a particular time: clothing, architecture, railway stations, gardens, furniture, and the landscape itself. Those details often find their way into my own illustrations. Vintage-inspired Danish garden illustration by