202 South Plum - Havana, Illinois 62644 - 309-370-0586

 
taken from Mount Carroll of Illinois
   
 


  Projects for 2009

Jerseyville of Illinois - completed



Washington of Illinois -2 books


Illinois Scenic Byways Recipe Books

National Road Scenic Byway - ...now available
Illinois River Road Byway - ...available at the end of September '09
Illinois Lincoln Road - to begin in November
Historic Route 66 - to begin in October
Great River Road - to begin in the spring of '10



Whiteside County Barn Tour #2 - completed


Mount Carroll of Illinois - Booksigning at the Mount Carroll Public Library
3-6 pm on Saturday, November 14th


 
 

About the Artist

I started to draw professionally in the spring of 1982. As a self-taught artist, I developed my skills by reading books about drawing and studying pen and ink drawings through books and magazines. In my youth, I worked with my father during the summers building houses, so I was naturally attracted to architecture. Because of my knowledge of home construction, I am amazed by the skill and craftsmanship of early carpenters.

All of my brothers entered in the trades. I was the lone brother that took more interest in the visual element of home construction over the physical labor of building. Growing up in Fulton, Illinois, I used to watch my father, with pencil in hand, lay out his plans for his spring projects. That is when my love of drawing began. I remember designing my own "future home" and showing it to my father. He would look it over carefully, point out what was good and what would not work. He would even laugh at a strangely designed roof or room and inform me of its impracticality. My father died when I was seventeen. He never knew that I was laying the groundwork for a career in drawing. A career that would have me, at this point in time, create over 9,000 drawings of Illinois architecture. He will never know that I have published over 40 books of community architecture throughout Illinois. He will never know that for 12 years I published a magazine, The Illinois Review.

One day I learned that Frank Lloyd Wright had penned over 20,000 original drawings. I set that as my goal. I have followed the work of a Southern Illinois artist, Roscoe Misselhorn. Early in my career, his work inspired me to move forward. He was drawing well into his 90s when he died. So, if I live as long, I have a chance to reach the 20,000 plateau.

I love the act of discovery while driving though a community to see what it has to offer. I hardly ever leave without finding interesting architecture. I look at neighborhoods as my museum. I am never disappointed and always find something somewhere to compare to other communities. I seek the unusual.
   
 - David Alan Badger

 
   
 

 
 
     
 

 David Alan Badger
An Illinois Artist of Historic Architecture

Send email to:
dabadger@casscomm.com

david@davidalanbadger.com
 
     

 
Cahokia Courthouse
taken from Illinois County Courthouses
   
         
 

PROJECTS OF 2006-2008

Monmouth of Illinois 2006



Recipes of Illinois
Wineries & Bed and Breakfasts-2006


Versailles of Illinois-2006


Prairie Hill Winery - Oakford of Illinois -2007


Monmouth College of Illinois -2007


Ashland of Illinois - 2007


Havana Fire Department Firefighters - 2007


Sterling Book Two-2007


Dillon Home Museum of Sterling, Illinois


Rock Falls of Illinois-2007


Whiteside County Barns


Grain Elevators and Art - 2008


Great Rivers Scenic Byways Recipe Project - 2008


Mansion on the Prairie - 2008
Hancock County Courthouse


Hancock County of Illinois - 2008


Wrigleyville - Baseball, Art, and Life - 2008


St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of Havana, Illinois
- A Book of Recipes - 2008

     
 

 

 Once my Pen and Ink Drawings are completed, a variety
of fun products can be created.
Here is my Christmas Ornament.
It retails for $8.00 with a minimun
of a 6 ornament purchase.
 
     
   
         
         

 


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