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Yes. But there are many kinds of artists. At one end of the spectrum are commercial artists, people such as advertising artists or graphic designers, who have a client to work for, a product to [...]

I had no intentions of growing a beard. But this is how it happened anyway. In the early 1970’s I bought land in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. In order to get a better view of the [...]

Not only did I scribble when I was a child, but I still do! As far back as I can remember I enjoyed drawing pictures and I knew then that I would always draw. When I had grown to the age when [...]

In retrospect it appears that the action of these individuals had been orchestrated by a higher force to form my creative development and I consider them all to be my “door openers” MY FATHER, [...]

There was a short time in my childhood when I wanted to be a forester. On many Sunday mornings my father and I would go for walks in the forest. This was in Germany and occasionally we’d pass a [...]

My career began as a graphic designer. Later I was an art director for an advertising agency. In the mid 1960’s Bill Martin Jr saw an ad of a red lobster that I had designed and asked me to [...]

I would have to say my work is my hobby. And my hobby is my work. Even when I’m not working in my studio, I might be thinking about future books. While I have retired from the business-end of my [...]

Do You Want to Be My Friend? and Friends are my favorite books because they are about friendship which is so important to children.

My favorite color is yellow because most children put a yellow sun in their pictures and because it is a complex color to use when mixing it with other colors. But the truth is, I love all [...]

I have one sister, Christa, who is much younger than I am, 21 years younger, in fact. I have dedicated The Very Hungry Caterpillar to her. My wife Bobbie and I were married for a long time. [...]