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Beth Krommes


Born
in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, The United States
January 01, 1956

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Genre
Art, Children's


From the artist's website:

I was born in 1956 and grew up in Emmaus, Pennsylvania with my parents and four sisters. I received a BFA degree in painting from Syracuse University and a MAT in art education from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. I also had the good fortune to spend a year at St. Martin's School of Art in London. I have worked as a public school art teacher, a manager of a fine handcraft shop, and an art director for a computer magazine. Since 1989, I have been illustrating full-time, focusing on children's books for the last twelve years.

In 1982, I became interested in wood engraving, being drawn to its small scale and fine line work. My first illustrations were wood engravings. I soon switched to scratchboard, which ...more

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The House in the Night
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Before Morning
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We Are Branches
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Grandmother Winter
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Where the Deer Slip Through
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