Illustrations
My
training is in the studio arts, the graphic department being housed in a
separate wing of my university. So I had never considered doing illustrations.
I knew of friends who had done them, even successfully (meaning it was an
engaging as well as lucrative project for them), but I had never considered them
as something that I might do.
However,
my wife, Bassia Bar-Chai (see link below for her works), a formidable writer in
her own right, was editing the text of a friend’s book, a charming story about a
boy who finds a magic bottle and goes on some adventures. I thought, ‘why not
give it a shot,’ and tried my hand at a few sketches which led to the small oils
which you see here, illustrating our friend's story.
