Thursday, April 24, 2008

Reading Pleasure

Feeling a little under the weather, I've had to force myself to take a break from my art. Even though I hate time that's taken away from painting, it's also a perfect excuse to cozy up under a blanket and peruse the pages of some artsy books. One that I love and never get tired of pouring over is Artist to Artist, a book featuring art and interviews with 23 major children's illustrators.
Art and an interview with Petra Mathers:
A self portrait and interview with Chris Van Allsburg from "The Polar Express":
Another book I've enjoyed looking at is the new Picturebook '08, with hundreds of beautiful illustrations being featured. I'm so humbled by all the incredible art talent out there! It's been amazing to work with some of these illustrators and now to do it myself.
This year, I had a page with some of my illustrations published in it (right page):

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