Imagine a Day.Imagine a Day. Sarah L. Thomson, paintings by Rob Gonsalves Rob Gonsalves is a Canadian painter of magic realism. He was born in Toronto,Ontario in 1959. He won the 2005 Governor General's Award in the Children's Literature - Illustration category for Imagine a Day. He is also an accomplished guitarist. , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Atheneum ath·e·nae·um also ath·e·ne·um n. 1. An institution, such as a literary club or scientific academy, for the promotion of learning. 2. A place, such as a library, where printed materials are available for reading. , 2005. Illus., hardcover, 40 pp., $16.95. A picture gallery rather than a story book, the title's "imagine" is the key word for this collection of surreal images. Each occupies one large page and a caption, of sorts, set in large type sits on the opposite white page. "Imagine a day when everything you build touches the sky!" A girl sits at a picnic table A picnic table (or sometimes a picnic bench) is a modified table with benches expressly for the purpose of eating a meal outdoors (picnicking). In the past, picnic tables were typically made of wood, but modern tables can be made out of anything from recycled plastic to by a river using blocks to create an urban landscape which merges with an actual group of skyscrapers across the river. A boy hangs from a tree's branch putting a block on top of one of these buildings. Words can't convey the magic of the mystery created by these realistically painted scenes. This book provides stimulating examples of the connection between intellect and our psyches. These examples also help us understand more about how our emotions are tweaked by artistic devices. --Reviewed by Ken Marantz, professor emeritus of art education at Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. . |
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