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David Bowers, born 1956 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
and graduated from art school in Pittsburgh in 1979.
He began working as a staff artist at
various studios in Pittsburgh.
Two years later, David began teaching at the Art Institute
of Pittsburgh where he lectured for ten years.
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by Charles E. Waltensperger (1870 – 1931)
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Tony Curtis (1925 – 2010)
Born Bernard Schwartz in Manhattan in 1925,
he grew up poor in the Bronx during the Great
Depression before climbing his way to the top of
Hollywood to become one of it's biggest and
most beloved stars, Tony Curtis.
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He has been sketching, painting, and constructing
beautiful assemblages for almost five decades.
Each film locale and co-star has provided him
with new inspiration for his art work.
His paintings address a broad range of subjects,
with lush, pattern-filled, multi-colored still lifes,
a personal favorite of the artist.
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Lauren Mills is the talented storyteller of such
original tales as Fairy Wings, winner of the Golden
Kite Award for Illustration along with her collaborator
Dennis Nolan, Fia and the Imp, and The Dog Prince as
well as the highly acclaimed story The Rag Coat,
praised by Smithsonian magazine as
"A story of bravery and self-reliance, with
bewitching watercolors." Lauren Mills lives
with her husband, artist and author Dennis Nolan,
and their daughter, Evie, in Massachusetts.
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Thumbelina is a literary fairy tale
by Hans Christian Andersen (1835)
retold by Lauren Mills.
The story of the little girl so named because
of her tiny size is one of the most popular and
enduring fairy tales of all time.
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Dennis Nolan was born in San Francisco, CA, in 1945.
Award-winning author and illustrator Dennis Nolan
is known for the highly realistic paintings he has
created for both his own picture-book texts and
the work of other writers. Although he works
primarily in acrylics, Nolan has worked in
water color to illustrate books such as Nancy Carlstrom's
No Nap for Benjamin Badger.
His detailed renderings delve into the fanciful,
gaining comparison to the work of illustrator
Arthur Rackham in the award-winning Fairy Wings,
one of several works he has illustrated for his
wife, writer and fellow artist Lauren A. Mills.
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Illustrations from the book by by Jane Yolen
The Perfect Wizzard about the life of
Hans Christian Andersen.
Illustrated by Dennis Nolan
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Beautiful Autumn Illustrations
by Shirley Barber.
Shirley Barber, born 23 June 1935, is an English
children's author and illustrator. Her early childhood
was spent in Guernsey (Channel Islands).
She has written many picture books and
fairy-themed colouring books.
She currently lives in Victoria, Australia.
Most of Barber's books feature fairies and animals.
Her books are mainly set in picturesque woods.
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Julius LeBlanc Stewart was born
September 6, 1855, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and died January 5, 1919, Paris, France,
He was an American artist who spent his career
in Paris. A contemporary of fellow expatriate
painter John Singer Sargent, Stewart was
nicknamed "the Parisian from Philadelphia.
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Great Horned Owl by John James Audubon
(April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851)
He was a French-American ornithologist,
naturalist, hunter, and painter.
He painted, catalogued, and described the birds
of North America in a form far superior to what had
gone before. Born in Haiti and raised in France as a youth,
in his embrace of America, and his outsize
personality and achievements, he represented
the new American people of the United States.
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"There is harmony in Autumn,
and a luster in the sky"...
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Gorgious Art by Marjolein Bastin
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