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Click on Photo to enlarge Born 1938. Studied at Lowestoft Art School; St Martin's School of Art,
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"It's a question of creating another world, believable in its own right" "I keep trying to make things more real, not in a literal photographic sense, but in an emotional sense , telling a story by capturing the essence of the situation, giving it some meaning" Michael Foreman is the award-winning illustrator of over 170 books, 20 of which he has written himself. Magic Word: Response"When I was a student I learnt to respond instantly to text - I drew for the newspapers and for the police drawing female suspects when Identikit only catered for men. A travel scholarship took me all around the world, drawing landscapes, architecture, wildlife, everything". Magic tricks of his trade Michael Foreman produces sensational watercolours but says: "It's all in the drawing. It's a question of creating another world, believable in its own right. I think I was very lucky to have started art school so young when they actually taught Art. It was a rigorous training - not just painting and drawing from life - but hours of anatomy and perspective.... it really taught you to understand what you were looking at". Inspiration Comics and newspapers Edward Ardizzone - creator of Little Tim Durtch painters Brueghel and Bosch for their period detail. Films War Game Is Michael Foreman your favourite artist in the exhibition? Vote here |
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