The Delinquent Comic Art of William Harroff
The Glories
In August 2024, I completed my second art residency at the Gullkistan Center for Creativity in Laugarvatn, Iceland, where I created a brand new series of digital vector drawings. The following month, I was awarded a major Illinois Arts Council Creative Catalyst Grant to produce a 4-book series of prints featuring the morning glories from our home. My floral artwork is part of major museum collections and has been featured on St. Louis television several times.
I have precious childhood memories of Mom’s rows of heart-shaped vines growing up the side of our garage, creating a bouquet of Heavenly Blues against the clear northern Indiana sky. There is an inner glow to a glory which acts as a beacon to pollinators, but is also reminiscent of stars glowing at night. The life cycle of the morning glory symbolizes our lives on this good earth; each of us, vine-tied together, emerge as uniquely created beings who flower for a brief moment and are then gone.
Each book's images represent a moment in the day-long life span of a morning glory. The 4 book 10" X 10" hardback series © 2025 includes over 100 drawings and photographs each signed by the artist. The series has already been added to the Library of Congress collection as well as the Illinois Authors collections at the Illinois State Library, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Bradley University.
William Harroff i am a morning glory $69.99 plus postage 27 pages
William Harroff American Glory $59.99 plus postage 19 pages
William Harroff Daybreak Glory $59.99 plus postage 21 pages
William Harroff Twilight Glory $59.99 plus postage 21 pages
William Harroff All four books $229.99 plus postage 88 pages
I'm also thrilled to announce that I will have a solo exhibition, American Glory, at the Peoria Art Guild's Project Space Gallery this year from July 1 - 25. The opening reception for the show will take place July 11 from 5-8 pm. 16 new red, white and blue 20" X 30" morning glory digital vector drawings will be for sale along with the 4-book series. The curators for the exhibition are John and Jeff Heintzman. The Guild will also be recording an artist interview about my work which will be posted to the PAG Youtube channel and various social media platforms that month.
i am a morning glory / American Glory / Daybreak Glory / Twilight Glory
