Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony by Lisa Rogers
Eureka! Nonfiction Silver Honor Award (California Reading Association)Celebrate the creative process of pioneering American abstract painter Joan Mitchell in this beautifully illustrated STEAM picture book, perfect for all kinds of young creators.
It's 1983, and American artist Joan Mitchell is in her studio outside Paris, transforming her emotions and memories into a symphony of colors and shapes. Inspired by her friend's description of an idyllic hidden valley in France, Mitchell creates 21 massive paintings-her Grande Vallee series -bursting with vibrant, energizing hues. But she doesn't paint the valley's flowers and meadows. She paints a feeling about them-abundance, freedom, liveliness-creating a harmonious blend of drips, splashes, and brushstrokes in rainbow colors. When the paint dries, it's time to share her valley with the world.
This inspiring, poetic picture book about an influential yet lesser-known American artist provides a snapshot of a creator who deserves as much acclaim as better-known Abstract Expressionists like Jackson Pollock or Willem de Kooning. Author Lisa Rogers shares both the despair and delight Mitchell experienced throughout her career, while acclaimed illustrator Stacy Innerst's bright artwork captures the movement and energy of Mitchell's work, as her paintings develop from page to page.
★ "An exploration of Joan Mitchell’s passionate, color-drenched, large-scale abstract paintingsInnerst’s illustrations are fittingly exuberant, rendering Mitchell in grayscale against expressionistic brush strokes and drips in warm yellows, blues, deep greens, and pinks... simply marvelous." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“American abstract expressionist Joan Mitchell’s dynamic style and approach are the subject of this lyrical, exuberantly colorful picture-book biography…Rogers' spare text emphasizes her focus and determined imagination as she works on the paintings, but it’s Innerst’s bold illustrations, filled with thick, bright brushstrokes in riotous color alongside angular, black-and-white drawings of the lanky artist in her studio, that showcase the power of her work.” –Booklist
“American abstract expressionist Joan Mitchell’s dynamic style and approach are the subject of this lyrical, exuberantly colorful picture-book biography…Rogers' spare text emphasizes her focus and determined imagination as she works on the paintings, but it’s Innerst’s bold illustrations, filled with thick, bright brushstrokes in riotous color alongside angular, black-and-white drawings of the lanky artist in her studio, that showcase the power of her work.” –Booklist
LISA ROGERS is an elementary school librarian and a former newspaper reporter and editor. In 2016, she received the PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Children's Book Discovery Award for an early version of 16 Words. She holds a master's degree in Library and Information Science and is a member of SCBWI. This is her first book for children. Visit her on the web at lisarogerswrites.com or on Twitter at @LisaLJRogers. CHUCK GROENINK was born and raised in the Netherlands and graduated from the Artez Institute of Visual Arts in 2004. He has been working as an illustrator ever since. His books include Hank's Big Day by Evan Kuhlman, which received three starred reviews, and William's Winter Nap by Linda Ashman, called just right in a Booklist starred review. Visit him on the web at chuckgroenink.com or on Twitter at @ChuckGroenink.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781662680373 |
| ISBN 10 | 1662680376 |
| Title | Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony |
| Author | Lisa Rogers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Astra Publishing House |
| Year published | 2025-02-25 |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |