Nancy Stahl

Illustrator, and forerunner of the digital illustration age, Nancy Stahl, talks to Giuseppe Castellano about how she started her illustration career in 1971 with two hundred dollars and two years of art school.

They also discuss the pleasure and pain of working in gouache; what it was like to be one of the first illustrators to “go digital” in the 1980’s; and why a company called Adobe invited her to try out a new program called, Photoshop.

To learn more about Nancy, visit nancystahl.com.

Illustrators mentioned in this episode include: Rick Tulka, Michael Deas, Barry Zaid, Seymour Chwast, James McMullan, Lance Hidy, Paul Davis, Vivienne Flesher, Philippe Weisbecker, Barbara Nessim, and J. Otto Seibold.

Nancy mentioned an article written by Steven Heller on the nascent Adobe Photoshop. You can read it here on printmag.com.

Giuseppe mentioned his podcast conversation with Seymour Chwast. You can listen to it here. He also mentioned discussing women in illustration with Zina Saunders. That episode can be found here.

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