Thoughtfully conceived and engagingly intricate, our 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles combine superb color reproduction, stunning and unusual images, and sturdy construction to delight generations of novice and veteran puzzleworkers. Can you find all of the A words depicted here? If not, check out the list and key included inside. 1947)Īrtist Mike Wilks has a challenge for you: “Try to spot an amputee (he is also an athlete although not animate), an abbey, an apricot, an atlas (naming the oceans and continents that you find there), an artilleryman and his ammunition, an aardvark, an autogyro (why should it be upside down?), an ark full of animals, an aerial paled by the distance, and the Egyptian god Anubis and a close colleague.” The list goes on, with a total of 361 items to discover as you puzzle.įrom the best-selling book The Ultimate Alphabet (released by Pomegranate in 2015 as The Ultimate Alphabet: Complete Edition ), The Letter A is the beginning of an alphabet adventure. The Ultimate Alphabetincludes one volume presenting the paintings with introductory text by the artist the other offers the keyed drawings and alphabetical lists of words.The Letter A, 1982, by Mike Wilks (British, b. It’s art appreciation and a game of discovery, all in one. In examining the paintings carefully, one can check findings against the keys and in doing so will discover new words, as well as take delight in the process of examining the art carefully. Numbered line drawings accompanied by lists of words serve as keys to the paintings. The reader need not go crazy, however, trying to name all of the words represented in the images (at last count, 7,819!). One wonders at the artist accomplishing this seemingly Herculean artistic endeavor. On publication The Ultimate Alphabet was a huge best seller and has since gone on to become a classic puzzle book. 326 mm x 252 mm (12.75 inches x 10 inches), 64 pages illustrated throughout in colour.

It is a mind-blowing and enjoyably engaging task to attempt to identify all of the objects. Also published in North America by Henry Holt, New York 1986, I0160 3, and foreign language editions. Each image contains dozens, if not hundreds, of items all starting with the same letter. His four-year painting odyssey resulted in a suite of magnificent compilations, all minutely detailed, masterfully rendered, and slightly surreal. Mike Wilks set out in the 1980s to depict as many words as possible in 26 images corresponding to the alphabet.

The ultimate alphabet by mike wilks