~Dominic Murphy

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Dominic Murphy is a professional artist.
Living in Hertfordshire, England. Married with
three beautiful daughters. Born in Sheffield England 1963.
Studied art at West Surrey College of Art and
Design (foundation). St.Martin's School of
Art (BA(hons) degree in fine art painting).
First inspired to paint when he saw the work
of Francis Bacon.
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"When you own a piece of my work you own a piece of me."
~Dominic Murphy~
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http://www.dominicmurphyart.com/

~Anthony Browne

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Anthony Edward Tudor Browne was born 11 Sept. 1946
and is a British author and illustrator of children's books,
with nearly forty titles to his name.
He is the current Children's Laureate.
Anthony Browne was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
His parents, Jack and Doris May Browne, owned a
pub in Wyke, Yorkshire, and Browne grew up there.
As a young boy, he enjoyed art, and used to
draw with his father. He also played rugby in school,
as well as football and cricket.
His future ambition was to be a journalist,
a cartoonist, or a boxer.
He studied graphic design at Leeds College of Art,
where he graduated in 1967.
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He intended to become a painter, but being short
of money he took as job as a medical illustrator,
drawing the insides of bodies for
Manchester Royal Infirmary. After three years
he grew tired of the job's
repetitiveness and moved on to design greeting cards
for Gordon Fraser. He designed cards for fifteen years
before he started writing and illustrating his own books.
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He had his first book published in 1976,
Through the Magic Mirror. It was not particularly
successful at first, although it is still in print.
A Walk in the Park followed and gained a cult
following. Bear Hunt was more commercially successful,
and his breakthrough came with Gorilla in 1983,
an idea from one of the greeting cards he had designed.
It won him the Kate Greenaway Medle,
which he won again in 1992 for Zoo.
He has also won the Kurt Maschler 'Emil' Award
three times, for Gorilla (1983),
Alice's Adventure in Wonderland (1988) and
Voices in the Park (1998). In 2000 he became
the first British illustrator ever to win the
Hans Christian Andersen Award, for his
services to children's literature.
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Gorillas are frequently featured in Browne's books,
as he has said he is fascinated by them.
He was once asked to present a children's programme,
whilst sitting in a cage of gorillas, and despite
being badly bitten by one of them he got on with
it before being taken to hospital. His character "Willy"
is said to be based on himself. He currently resides in Kent.
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A selection of books illustrated by Browne:
Through the Magic Mirror, 1976
A Walk in the Park, 1977
Bear Hunt,  1979
Hansel and Gretel, 1981
Bear Goes to Town, 1982
Gorilla, 1983
Willy the Wimp, 1985
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Alice's Adventure in Wonderland, 1988
Little Bear Book, 1988
I Like Books, 1988
Things I Like, 1989
A Bear-y Tale, 1989
The Tunnel, 1990
Trail of Stones, 1990
The Night Shimmy, 1991
Zoo, 1993
The Daydreamer, 1994
King Kong, 1994
Willy the Wizard, 1995
Willy the Dreamer, 1997
Voices in the Park, 1998
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Willy's Pictures, 2000
The Animal Fair, 2002
The Shape Game, 2003
Into the Forest,  2004
My Mum, 2005
Silly Billy, 2006
Little Beauty, 2008
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~Sunday Quote

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, 
but I think I have ended up
where I intended to be.

~Douglas Adams
Painting by Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)

~Beatriz Martin Vidal

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This is the work of Spanish artist Beatriz Martin Vidal.
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http://beatriz.carbonmade.com/
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~Violeta N. Bazalii

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She was born in 1976 in Nova (Ukraine)
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I forgot where I found these Drawings
I saved them on my PC a While ago!
and I can’t seem to find them on the net Anymore!
But they are so great, I want to show them anyway to you!
So please, If anyone knows anything about Violeta
Please, Let me know?
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Thanks to a Anonymous Tip!
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Deze Tekeningen heb ik een tijdje geleden
op m’n computer gesaved, en vergeten een link erbij te
vermelden en nu blijkt dat ik haar naam en tekeningen
niet meer kan vinden op het net!
Toch wilde ik jullie deze prachtige tekeningen
niet onthouden!
Als jullie haar kennen en/of  iets van haar afweten
willen jullie mij dat A.U.B doorgeven?
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Update dankzij een anonieme Tipper!!!
Violeta werd geboren in 1976 in Nova ( Oekraïne)
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~Mahmood al Khaja

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Digitale Art van Mahmood al Khaja.
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~ LINK HERE ~  AND HERE ~
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~Sunday Poem

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"From the bonny bells of heather
They brewed a drink long-syne,
Was sweeter far then honey,
Was stronger far than wine."

~ by R.L. Stevenson
Painting by Tara Larsen Chang