A story of friendship, kindness and the beauty of nature;
"The Giant’s adventures are an allegorical interpretation of my immigration story. While working on this book, I experimented with oil pastels and colours in order to preserve that feeling of spontaneity and frankness." Maya Shleifer
As spring progresses apace I am returning to the illustration of Alan Howard, these images are from a 1960's Book of Nursery Rhymes.
'Harlequinade' written by Noel Streatfeild illustrated by Clarke Hutton (1898 -1985) Published 1943.
This book was lithographed during wartime, taking two years to complete, and drawn direct to the plate by Hutton at the Chiswick Press, using six different plates. It was the printer he was most comfortable in using and several of his books were auto-lithographed at the press. Given Clarke's background in theatre it was the perfect subject matter.
'Lady Bird Quickly by Juliet Kepes, published in 1972 is a variation of the rhyme that makes every ladybird overly anxious! It has beautiful spreads of solid block colours and wonderful illustrations of insects.
The Seven Remarkable Bears written by Emilie Warren McLeod and illustrated by Juliet Kepes published in 1963.
