My Kirkus Q&A with Kenneth Kraegel
April 13th, 2017 by jules
“In nature, almost every surface is patterned or varied; tree bark, sand, grasses, even snow is made up of individual snowflakes, if you look closely. Human-made materials tend to be more uniform and monotone — plastic, drywall, paper. I think those natural surfaces that show more and more detail the closer you look are extraordinarily beautiful and, I suppose, that is what I am aiming for when I make a picture, a complexity that you don’t see at first glance.”
Today over Kirkus, I talk with author-illustrator Kenneth Kraegel about his new picture book, Green Pants (Candlewick, March 2017).
That Q&A is here this morning.
I’ll have art from the book here at 7-Imp next week.
Photo of Kenneth Kraegel taken by Brooke Collier.
