{"id":4292,"date":"2017-03-14T12:04:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T18:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2017-03-15T14:36:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T20:36:53","slug":"seven-questions-over-lunch-with-viviane-schwarz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4292","title":{"rendered":"Seven Questions Over Lunch with Viviane Schwarz"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nAlthough I’ve featured art from her books over the last several years, the last time British author-illustrator Viviane Schwarz<\/a><\/strong> visited was 2009. (That was fun.)<\/a><\/strong> It’s a pleasure to have her visit today for some coffee. We’re having lunch, not breakfast, because I had a slow start to my day. But we’ll still have coffee, while she shows me some of her art, because she’s a fan. “I have one cup of black coffee,” she said when I asked her about breakfast, “on the sofa, watching whatever black-and-white movie is on. That is a good breakfast. An excellent breakfast is when it\u2019s sunny, and I have time to cook up eggs and marmite soldiers and take them into the park to eat under a tree.”<\/p>\n

I had to look up what marmite soldiers are, but I fully approve. I also approve of going to the park. (Right about now, I wish this weren’t a cyber-breakfast and that we were really<\/em> heading outside.) And I think that what was once going to be breakfast would still serve as a great lunch. <\/p>\n

Not only do I enjoy Viviane’s books and her artwork, but I enjoyed reading many of her responses today. I thank her for sharing art in this interview — and for creating some of the pieces, such as the one above, specifically for her 7-Imp visit. <\/p>\n

Let’s get to it. ….<\/p>\n

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

Viviane<\/font><\/strong>: Artist. Although \u201cAuthor\u201d is important as well. Often I\u2019m \u201ccollaborator.\u201d I\u2019m pure \u201cIllustrator\u201d quite rarely. There are usually things I need to invent that aren\u2019t illustrations.
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\nJules<\/font><\/strong>: Can you list your books-to-date?<\/font><\/p>\n

Viviane<\/font><\/strong>: <\/p>\n