This stunning picture-book imagining of artist Agnes Martins childhood gives readers a glimpse into the life and work of one of the most esteemed abstract painters of the twentieth century. Agnes Martin was born on the Canadian prairies in the early twentieth century. In this imagining of her childhood from acclaimed author Tessa McWatt, Agnes spends her days surrounded by wheat fields, where her grandfather encourages her to draw what she sees and feels around her: the straight horizon, the feeling of the sun, the movement of birds wings and the shapes she sees in the wheat. One day, Agness family moves to a house in a big city. The straight horizon and wheat fields are gone, but Agnes continues to draw what she sees and feels around her. No one except her grandfather understands what she is trying to capture not her mother, who asks, Where are you, Agnes? when she sees her daughter engrossed in her drawing; nor her siblings, who think her art is ugly. Still, Agnes keeps trying to capture what she sees inside her mind. Agnes Martin grew up to become a famous abstract expressionist artist. Tessa McWatt has written a beautiful story of Agness childhood and how it might have shaped her adult work. Zuzanna Celejs watercolors adeptly capture Agness world, including hints of the grid paintings that she was later known for, against the backdrop of prairie and city landscapes. Includes an authors note with more information about Agnes Martins life and the inspiration behind this story. Key Text Features author's note art history Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US kindergarten-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 44 pages in this book. This book was published in 2020 by Groundwood Books Ltd , Canada .

The award-winning auhtor Marta Arteaga is a writer of children's literature, poetry, cinematographic scripts, drama plays, songs, personalized stories. Her book Inside my imagination translated into many languages, has been awarded gold medals at the Living Now Awards 2013, International Latino Book Awards 2013 and Moonbeam Children Books Awards 2013. Of Polish origin, award-winning Zuzanna Celej has a BA Honours in fine Arts from the University of Barcelona and Majored in Illustration at the Llotja Art School in Barcelona.