3.05 Gregory Christie, Award Winning Children's Book Illustrator






I am super excited to share this latest interview with you all. I had the honor of having Gregory Christie on my podcast. I met him from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). I got the courage to ask him to be a guest on the podcast. Here's a bit about Mr. Christie.
R. Gregory Christie is a multi-award-winning children’s book illustrator with more than 60 traditionally published books to his credit. He is also the owner of GAS-ART GIFTS (Gregarious Art Statements) an Atlanta based traveling children’s bookstore that provides art services to private and public groups.
He is an NAACP Image Award Winner.
The 2013 Kwaanza Stamp designer.
A Caldecott Honor Winner A Six-time,
Coretta Scott King Honor recipient.
Has won many awards from The New York Times and Boston Globe.
An artist for a New Orleans Jazz Festival poster.
Has films on Netflix through Karyn Parson’s “Sweet Blackberry” projects.
He’s done many album covers including John Coltrane’s and Joe Sample’s.
One Billion people saw his artwork on the New York City subway cars in 2013.
He’s lived in many places including Sweden, Germany, Canada, and Australia

To see more of his work visit https://gas-art.com/.
Here is the link to the podcast interview.
Thank you for listening!

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