Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Renee Graef #16 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th



Renée Graef has illustrated over 70 books for children including the Kirsten series in the American Girl collection and many of the My First Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder for HarperCollins. She served as creative consultant for HarperCollins for five years, art directing many of the books in the Little House program.
She has illustrated classics such as The Nutcracker and My Favorite Things as well as books about American icons, Mount Rushmore and Paul Bunyan.
Renee's sketches and prints of time alphabet book  (done in a "steampunk" style) will be shown. Books will be available for a recently completed book for Mount Rushmore, highlighting the monument as well as other national parks.
This year, two illustrations from the "Cedarburg" book have garnered national recognition with awards from the Society of Illustrator-West show in Los Angeles, winning a Silver Award and an Honorable Mention Award.  Prints will be available.


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