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June Issue 2009
Burroughs-Chapin
Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC, Features Works by E.B. Lewis
The
Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach,
SC, will present the exhibit, E.B. Lewis: Story Painter,
featuring original watercolor which are the basis for illustration
by Lewis, on view from June 4 through Oct. 4, 2009.
Illustrator E.B. Lewis' subjects have ranged from historical to contemporary, and from the "big" story - such as The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes, about the first African-American woman aviator - to the small, with images described as both sophisticated and childlike, as in Little Cliff's First Day of School. The majority of the illustrations in the exhibit appear in his two most recently published books, I Want to Be Free and Langston Hughes: The Negro Speaks of Rivers.
Lewis has illustrated more than 40 children's books and has won critical acclaim for his work, including the 2003 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for Aviator Elizabeth Coleman. He has received special praise for his illustrations of period works, with reviewers stating that his watercolors capture the flavor of a period or that they are reminiscent of weathered old photographs. Lewis' work has appeared in books by such noted authors as Tololwa M. Mollel, Alice Schertle and Lucille Clifton.
Although turning down
an illustration contract earlier in his career, Lewis would later
assert in an interview, "Some of the best artwork in the
country is being done in children's books."
On Lewis' website, he describes his favorite books for illustration
as those with "strong human interest stories. The kind that
evoke emotion . . . stories that touch the heart."
While best known for his book illustrations, Lewis has also worked as a graphic designer and art educator. His watercolor paintings have been sold and exhibited nationally, and his works hang in such distinguished collections as the Pew Charitable Trust.
The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum is a wholly nonprofit institution located across from Springmaid Pier on South Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach. Admission is free, but donations are welcomed. Components of Museum programs are funded in part by support from the City of Myrtle Beach, the Horry County Council and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
For further info
check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call 843/238-2510
or visit (www.MyrtleBeachArtMuseum.org).
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