December 31, 2013 In Uncategorized
‘TIS THE SEASON….
Elephant in the snow….
Warm wishes for the New Year….tcp
Reading with Elephant…in Vermont
READ With Your Elephant from ELEPHANT’S Story by Tracey Campbell Pearson
Published by Margaret Ferguson Books by Farrar Straus Giroux
Elephant and Gracie have been having fun visiting bookstores and reading to kids…(no monkeys….yet!)
Thanks to all of the amazing independent booksellers we’re meeting in our travels.
Not only are they passionate about books…they don’t even blink when I bring an elephant into their stores!
We’ve been posting when we can on our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/traceycampbellpearson
As well as Elephant’ Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elephants-Story-by-Tracey-Campbell-Pearson/509037329153223
Visit the EVENTS page on my website to see when they’ll be in your area.
If you missed them…they’ve left a trail of autographed books!
http://www.traceycampbellpearson.com/events.htm
I’m back in my studio for a few days….Elephant and Gracie are resting up….getting ready for their next visit….something about meeting a “Brown Dog” in VT this weekend?
http://www.browndogbooksandgifts.com
We’re getting our sketches…photos…and videos together…fun Elephant News…check back soon!…tcp
October 22, 2013 In Picture Book Art
Elephant’s Story…October 22nd is here!…
Elephant’s Story will go on sale on Oct. 22nd.
The books have arrived!
Elephant and Gracie will be visiting bookstores…
to see if they will be in your area…visit my website.
www.traceycampbellpearson.com and click on the Events page
Hope to see you here…there…or somewhere!….tcp
October 1, 2013 In Picture Book Art
Elephant enjoying Vermont Fall Foliage…
Elephant and Gracie…taking time out to enjoy the Fall colors….
Elephant’s thinking about his big day…
Their book…ELEPHANT’S STORY…will be out OCT 22nd…
The ABC Best Books for Children Fall Catalog with Elephant and Gracie on the cover…and inside…is on-line and available in bookstores soon…they are very excited.
http://www.bookweb.org/news/2013-abc-best-books-children-catalog-titles-unveiled
ELEPHANT’S STORY by Tracey Campbell Pearson
published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux Fall 2013
Elephant has his own blog…visit him at:
http://elephantstoryblog.com
September 29, 2013 In New York City, Sketchbooks, Uncategorized, Vermont
Red Grooms Visits VT…sketches…and an interview……
Red Grooms in VT?…Really?
Yes. I was lucky enough to be at the Brattleboro Museum to hear him speak about his work in his interview with Stephen Hannock.
In the 1970’s, my teacher John Gundelfinger introduced me to Red Grooms’ work while I was studying at Parson’s School of Design. John, a generous teacher and wonderful artist, invited me to his studio…my first visit to a real artist’s loft in Soho…I’d been drawing on subways as well as making life size people out of pantyhose.
John gave me a wonderful silk screen by Red Grooms of a wild street drawing of Madison Ave…that Red had given him–“The Discount Store”. John said…”look at this…get out on the street…draw…”
John also apologized for giving me an unsigned print.
A turning point in my career as a young artist…I ended up letting go of my studies in “fashion illustration”….looking for a new direction…I went down the hall…and
stumbled into Maurice Sendak’s class.
Now 2013…I’m still drawing on the streets and subways…and making picture books. Thank you John. Thank you Red for signing my print last night.
This wonderful show is up through October 20th…it is worth the trip to Brattleboro…I’m going to see it again…tcp
http://www.brattleboromuseum.org/2013/05/20/red-grooms-whats-the-ruckus/
http://www.wwo.org/document.doc?id=213
Ps…and I have a show up at the Brooks Memorial Library through the end of October…serendipity?….hmmmm.
May 28, 2013 In Picture Book Art
ELEPHANT’S STORY…a new book an Elephant head to BEA…
- ELEPHANT’S STORY by Tracey Campbell Pearson
published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux Fall 2013 ISBN 978-0-374-39913-9
My new book , ELEPHANT’S STORY, published by Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux (BYR), will be available in October 2013. I will join him at BEA in NYC. He will still be in F&G form….but he can’t wait to get out into the world. So…off he goes to the big city.
He now has his own book page on my website: http://www.traceycampbellpearson.com/books/elephant.html
Elephant has his own blog!
http://elephantstoryblog.com
I will help him post “everything elephant”….starting with images of elephants. I have stumbled upon many since the day I decided to write this book. The blog will have sketches, activities for the book and…well….everything elephant…keep checking.
I will be at the Silent Auction and Sendak Memorial Auction at the Javits Center in NYC. I have two pieces of artwork in the auction:
Gracie reading Where The Wild Things Are to Elephant-original watercolor for The Sendak Memorial at the 19th Annual Children’s Book Silent Auction-Supporting Free Speech Rights for Young Readers May 29 at Book Expo America
Bob Scared digital signed print donated to the 19th Annual Children’s Book Silent Auction-Supporting Free Speech Rights for Young Readers at the 2013 Book Expo America
See my earlier post on April 26th for details: http://tcpearson.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/sendak-memorial-annual-childrens-book-silent-auction-at-bea-2013/
I am including a link to the auction site…a lot of wonderful art has been donated by a group of amazing artists…it is an honor to be part of the event…hope to see you there…if not…they are having an on-line auction as well!
http://abffesilentauction.wordpress.com/about/
I’m sure I will have lots of new sketches to post when I return from NY….not just subways….but think of all the people arriving at the Javits Center…I can’t wait…I may have to pick up an extra sketchbook on my way into the city!…tcp