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Ashley Bryan
Words to My Life's Song
Item #:
9781416905417
Price:
$19.99
This illustrated autobiography is filled with Ashley Bryan's
own text and
art work which, along with Bill McGuinness' documentary
photography, tells the
story of Bryan's rich and remarkable life. Even as a boy
growing
up
during the Depression, he painted- finding cast off objects
to turn into books, toys, and art. As a soldier
in the segregated American army on the beaches of Normandy, he
sketched- keeping charcoal crayons and paper in his gas mask.
As a talented and visionary art
student
who was accepted and then turned away from college upon
arrival, he painted-
continuing to create art when he could have been discouraged,
continuing to polish his talents when his spirit could have
been beaten. Bryan's enduring artistic vision lead him to
become
a Hans Christian
Anderson
Award nominee, a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer, and a winner of
multiple
Coretta Scott King awards. Interwoven with Bryan's life
story
are descriptions and photographs of his artistic process and
the inspiration
that he draws from the material and natural worlds- especially
Antigua where his parents were born, and the island in Maine
where he made his home. Book, 64 pages.
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