Brother Folio Scrivner
$190.00
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Two small figures share a conspiratorial cheer beneath the gleam of a towering silver urn — the city mouse in a powdered cravat and blue coat, the country mouse in a straw hat and patched trousers. There’s a warm, storybook intimacy here: Gustafson’s palette bathes the scene in honeyed golds and soft ambers, which make the tiny costumes, gleaming metal, and piled confections feel lovingly oversized and inviting. Notice the affectionate details — the country mouse’s casual stance and satchel, the city mouse’s polite lift of a crumb-sized goblet — that turn a simple moment from Aesop into a gentle celebration of difference. The textured brushwork suggests cozy surfaces, from the cake’s soft frosting to the rounded nuts at their feet, while the scale contrast between the mice and the domestic objects gives the composition a playful sense of wonder. It’s a piece that charms by showing two worlds meeting with good cheer rather than rivalry, a tiny tableau that quietly delights and warms the room with its narrative friendliness.
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Once upon a time artist Scott Gustafson turned his paintbrush to this delightful Aesop's fable onto each his own. The city mouse visits the country mouse and finds his raw nuts and feed corn coarse and unappetizing. The country mouse visits the city mouse where the repast is refined and wildly diverse, but eating it is nearly impossible with the all the roaming cats and human activity. Gustafson's usual good cheer imagines the two happily toasting, vive le difference!
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Blending storybook fantasy art with classic fairy tale illustration, these whimsical and richly detailed paintings bring beloved characters and mythological scenes to life with vibrant colors and masterful brushwork. Featuring enchanting storytelling and traditional realism, each piece captures the timeless magic of nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and folklore through meticulously crafted compositions. With a focus on luminous, painterly techniques and expressive character details, these works create a sense of wonder and nostalgia, perfect for collectors of imaginative and romanticized fantasy art. Whether depicting storybook adventures or elegant mythological figures, these paintings transport viewers into a world of charm, magic, and timeless artistic craftsmanship.
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Image copyright © 2026 by Scott Gustafson.
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"Storytelling through pictures has always held a certain fascination for Scott
Gustafson; be they the moving images in animated cartoons, or the epic
illustrations of N. C. Wyeth. Upon entering the Chicago Academy of Fine Art,
Scott was 99% sure that he wanted to become an animator, but it was that 1%
that ultimately drew him more and more into the world of stretched canvas and
oil paint. ""As an animator, ""Gustafson says, ""your contribution to a given
film is, by necessity, limited to whatever character you've been assigned. But
as an illustrator, you're responsible for locations, sets, costumes, props,
lighting and character designs, not to mention the overall mood and emotion of
a given painting. It's about the best job there is.""
Over the nearly twenty-five years that span his career, he has had the
opportunity to fulfill commissions for a number of varied clients and
publishers such as Celestial Seasonings, Playboy magazine, Saturday Evening
Post, The Bradford Exchange, DreamWorks and The Greenwich Workshop. His
illustrated books include The Night Before Christmas, Peter Pan, Nutcracker,
as well as two original titles, Animal Orchestra and Alphabet Soup. His newest
release, Classic Fairy Tales, was recently awarded a Chesley award for best
interior book illustrations from the Association of Science Fiction and
Fantasy Artists and is currently in its third printing.
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