{"id":4003,"date":"2016-03-01T09:10:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4003"},"modified":"2016-03-01T09:11:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:11:10","slug":"seven-questions-over-breakfast-with-christy-hale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4003","title":{"rendered":"Seven Questions Over Breakfast with Christy Hale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPictured above is one of Christy Hale’s<\/a><\/strong> beautiful illustrations from Cindy Jenson-Elliott’s<\/a><\/strong> Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, A Life in Nature<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, coming to shelves in September of this year. “This was Ansel\u2019s front yard,” Christy tells me, “the Golden Gate Headlands before there was a bridge. I work traditionally in collage, pasting down papers and stylized photographic elements. Line work and addition layers are added in Photoshop.”<\/p>\n

It’s a pleasure to have Christy visiting 7-Imp for a cyber-breakfast this morning. She is pictured here with Jerry Pinkney<\/a><\/strong>, who was her illustration teacher at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute. Pinkney must be proud. Christy went on to forge herself an impressive career in this field — not only illustrating but also writing, designing, art directing, and teaching. She talks more below about that work, as well as shares more images from Antsy Ansel<\/em> — and lots of other artwork. <\/p>\n

“A book is architecture of the imagination,” she noted in her 2013 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor acceptance speech<\/a><\/strong> for the wonderful Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, which she both wrote and illustrated, and her work over the years has sparked the imagination of many children. As a former school librarian and now a parent, I look forward to any book with her name on the cover. Her richly textured illustrations are ones to pore over. <\/p>\n

Since she usually switches her breakfast up between oatmeal\/berries\/almonds and scrambled eggs, I say we have all of the above. And coffee, because she says there’s always coffee. Looks like we’re aligned on that. <\/p>\n

Let’s get to it, and I thank Christy for visiting. …<\/p>\n

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Jules<\/font><\/strong>: Are you an illustrator or author\/illustrator?<\/font><\/p>\n

Christy<\/font><\/strong>: Illustrator, moving more toward author\/illustrator. I have lots of ideas brewing!<\/p>\n

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Jules<\/font><\/strong>: Can you list your books-to-date?<\/font><\/p>\n

Christy<\/font><\/strong>: See all my books at christyhale.com<\/a><\/strong>. A few of my 20+ below:<\/p>\n