I listen to a lot of music every day. In rare instances I get to design packaging for an artist whose music inspires me, like Aimee Mann, Jenny Owen Youngs and Jim White. I recently sought out a project that I am very psyched about. Mary Gauthier (say "Go-Shay" y'all) is an artist that I have listened to and admired for a long time. Through colleagues and acquaintances, I got to Mary's manager and requested putting my hat in the ring to design Mary's next recording package. I got the gig and was sent the demos for The Foundling. The songs were powerful, it was a concept album with a narrative arc. An art director can't ask for much more.
Last year, Jenny Owen Youngs introduced me to a graphic novel called "The Lagoon" by Lilli Carré. I loved the book. The illustrations were dark, lonesome and spare. These were the images that came into my mind when I first heard "The Foundling" demos. I reached out to Lilli who was intrigued enough to participate in the project despite a very modest budget. God bless her. This is one of Lilli's illustrations for a song on the record called "Walk On Water".
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