Bangkok Thailand - American President Lines - Vintage Ocean Liner Travel Poster by John Russell Clift c.1958 - Japanese Unryu Rice Paper Art Print (Unframed) 12 x 16 in

Pacifica Island Art uses an environmentally-friendly Unryu Japanese rice paper made by the Awagami Factory in Tokushima, Japan. Unryu, which translates to 'cloud dragon paper' in Japanese, features long strands of kozo fiber and is made from natural mulberry and hemp fibers using traditional Japanese Washi techniques - ABOUT THE ARTIST - John Russell Clift - John Russell Clift (1925-1999) American author and illustrator, was born in 1925 and was at the peak of his career in the 1950s. John Russell Clift wrote and illustrated “Chapala-Mexico’s Shangri-la', published in Ford Times, the monthly magazine of the Ford Motor Company in October 1953. The illustrations were original serigraphs by the author. He also did graphic design work and created posters for AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES.