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  • Discovering Dinosaurs, Walters & Kissinger

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    There is something particularly fascinating about dinosaurs and dinosaur art. Here are the dragons and monsters of myth and story, but actually real — science with all the dazzle and mystery of fantasy. Those of us who remember a fascination with dinosaurs as children, whether or not we have been fortunate enough to keep it…

  • Inga Moore

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    British illustrator Inga Moore moved with her family to Australia when she was eight, but a fondness for the English countryside never left her, as she grew up reading books with British illustrators. When she returned to England as an adult, and after a time working in various positions in London, she moved out to…

  • James Gurney’s Watercolor in the Wild

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    I was delighted to receive a review copy of Watercolor in the Wild, a new instructional video by painter/illustrator/author James Gurney. Watercolor is both an inviting and challenging medium. One of its most compelling features is the easy portability of a basic watercolor painting kit, allowing an artist to paint in a variety of places…

  • Dinotopia, First Flight: 20th Anniversary Edition

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    I received a review copy from Dover Books of James Gurney’s Dinotopia, First Flight: 20th Anniversary Edition, the newest in the series of 20th anniversary editions of Gurney’s contemporary classics. Ostensibly aimed at kids and adolescents, but delightful for adults as coffee-table art books, the series has been getting beautiful “20th Anniversary” treatment at the…

  • Journey, Aaron Becker

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    When I was young, I had a wonderful book called Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson (see my article here), about a boy with a magical crayon that becomes a pathway to adventures by bringing what is drawn with it to life. It was one of my favorite books as a child. It…

  • Warren Chang: Narrative Paintings

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    Warren Chang is a contemporary American realist painter based in California. After a solid career as an illustrator, Chang transitioned into gallery art 12 years ago, and has achieved wide recognition. Chang’s primary subjects are figures in interiors and figures in landscapes. In the former, which I personally find particularly wonderful, he has an uncanny…