Drawn From The Heart

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Allen And Unwin
Publisher Place: Crows Nest
Publisher Year: 2010
Edition: First Edition

Description: 325 pages. Ex-Library. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A vivid, searching memoir of life, love, and bookmaking by a master of the art of picture books Ron Brooks grew up a country boy with a yen for drawing and observation of the life around him. He became an acknowledged master of the picture-book form, winning acclaim both nationally and internationally for classics such as The Bunyip of Berkeleys Creek and John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat by Jenny Wagnerboth in print continuously for more than 30 yearsand Old Pig and the multi-award-winning Fox by Margaret Wild. Yet success never came easy. In this searching memoir he recreates his life as an artist, husband, and father, with all its twists and turns, pain and joy. Along the way he offers rare insights into the "secret" process of picturemaking and story shaping. Illustrated with roughs and finished art from his best-loved books, this story of a life lived intensely in search of truth, love, and beauty is a classic in its own right.

ISBN: 9781742371559