PELICAN

Kurt Maschler Award, short-listed, 1982

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“Showing new directions in his art, Brian Wildsmith retains aspects of his earlier and vibrant collages, while introducing a startling split-page concept allowing for a sense of increased action, surprise and intrigue. He is extremely successful in his use of open whitespace, intense black, watery blurs for an out-of-focus effect and rich textured pages that shout to be felt.”
Language Arts

The egg Paul found was different from any he’d ever seen.
What came out of it was another surprise, a pelican!

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