Award-winning illustrator is living his dream Nov 20, 2009
Original paintings of some of his book illustrations are displayed on the studio's back wall, and the east and west walls display noncommissioned paintings by Evans, who counts artists from Picasso to Maurice Sendak to Kadir Nelson, a contemporary artist and friend in California, as his inspirations. Unexpected is an abstract piece in oils, oil pastels and strips of copper, a work he said he felt compelled to create after returning from a trip to Burkina Faso in West Africa. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Surfing the Net With Kids: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Nov 6, 2009
Although Maurice Sendak s 1963 children s book Where the Wild Things Are consists of only 10 sentences, it has been a big international hit ... The official Where the Wild Things Are book site from publisher HarperCollins Children s features a Maurice Sendak biography, a list of awards won by the book (such as the 1964 Caldecott), and a complete listing of Sendak s 79 HarperCollins books ... Terrible Yellow Eyes is a collection of artwork inspired by Where the Wild Things Are put together by... (Boston Globe)
My mother never loved me Oct 25, 2009
And could a writer-illustrator-reviewer have a better subject than Dave Eggers s novelization of the Maurice Sendak classic Where the Wild Things Are. (Eggers also co-wrote the screenplay for the new film, directed by Spike Jonze, so you might also consider the Eggers book to be a novelization of the screenplay. (Boston Globe)
Will Wild Things be a monster hit? Oct 17, 2009
It's not what I thought Spike Jonze's long-awaited version of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are would be like, simply because we don't do people in fur suits any more ... But Maurice Sendak, who is now 81, had been trying for years to find someone to adapt his 1963 classic when his production partner saw the young Spike Jonze's video for the Beastie Boys' Sabotage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Fun Film Trivia from Where The Wild... Oct 16, 2009
Spike Jonze, director of the film based on Maurice Sendak's popular children's story, delivers a melancholy tale of an insecure, young boy with a powerful imagination ... The film s screenplay is based the classic children s picture book Where The Wild Things Are , written by its illustrator, Maurice Sendak. (Suite101.com)
Daniel Zalewski on Picture Books Oct 12, 2009
In her anarchic spirit, she is a descendant of Maurice Sendak s Max, the wolf-suited boy from Where the Wild Things Are (1963). Though Max is also impressively naughty he chases his dog down the stairs while brandishing a fork his mother is not amused by his antics. (New Yorker)
NW: Jonze, Eggers, Sendak discuss Wild Things Oct 10, 2009
Now that we're grown-ups, we still can't help you, but we may have figured out where they really are: living with author Maurice Sendak in his Connecticut home. The front door is flanked by Wild Thing statuettes; vintage stuffed monsters and framed posters fill the living room. (MSNBC -- News)
How Maurice Sendak made the world safe for monsters Oct 4, 2009
One of this fall s most anticipated films is Where the Wild Things Are, which attempts to bring the 338 words and 18 pictures of Maurice Sendak s classic children s book to life on the big screen. The stakes are high because the book is perfect; its simple story, about a misbehaving kid named Max and the creatures he meets on his imaginary voyage, is now a revered parable about growing up, staying young, and dealing with the unknown. (Boston Globe)
Wildly wise Sendak respected kids' experiences Sep 13, 2009
Organized by the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia, the show presents a portrait of our era's most famous author and illustrator of books for children, Maurice Sendak. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Leaves and pages turn in the fall books preview Sep 7, 2009
Three whole months after publishing "Zeitoun," Eggers returns with this novelization of the Maurice Sendak story. (Eggers also co-wrote the script for the forthcoming film with director Spike Jonze. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
What's on tap for fall visual arts Aug 31, 2009
There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak: More than 100 drawings, watercolors and other material behind the work of one of the world's most influential authors of children's books, octogenarian Maurice Sendak ... Fall Arts Preview / Visual art Articles September There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak: More than 100 drawings, watercolors and other material behind the work of one of the world's most influential authors of children's books, octogenarian Maurice Sendak. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
