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Eric Beddows, 1951-

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Book cover for / Couverture du livre: Night Cars
Night Cars.
Written by Teddy Jam. Illustrated by Eric Beddows.
Toronto: Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre, 1991, c1988.
Night Cars. Text copyright © 1988 by Teddy Jam. Illustration copyright 1988 by Eric Beddows. A Groundwood Book/Douglas & McIntyre.

Illustration from the book / Illustration dans le livre: Night Cars

Illustration from the book / Illustration dans le livre: Night Cars
Original illustrations created for Night Cars: graphite and transparent alkyd glazes.

Illustration from the book / Illustration dans le livre: Night Cars

Illustration from the book / Illustration dans le livre: Night Cars
Original illustrations created for Night Cars: graphite and transparent alkyd glazes.


Illustrations: Reproduced with permission of Eric Beddows.


His first colour book for children provided Beddows with an opportunity to use an old technique, glazing, in a modern way and to address his recollections of childhood from a contemporary perspective.

"Night Cars is a very important book to me, and has been important in my development as an artist."
(Undated letter from the artist to Irene Aubrey, Children's Literature Service, National Library of Canada at the time, in 1991, when the National Library of Canada acquired the studies, sketches, preliminary drawings and 14 original illustrations for Night Cars.)


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