Gallery at Indian Hill

Home > Gallery at Indian Hill

The Gallery at Indian Hill presents

Ilse Plume

A selection of prints and illustrations from the
private work of children's book author and illustrator
Ilse Plume of Concord.

Location: Camilla Blackman Hall at Indian Hill Music
36 King Street, Littleton, MA (left off Rt. 495/Exit 30)

General Exhibit Hours: M-F 9am-8pm; Sat. 8am-4pm*
Runs through June 23.

*PLEASE NOTE: You may wish to contact Indian Hill before planning
your visit as there could be a recital or function in our gallery space: (978) 486-9524 (press 0)

The artist's work will be available for purchase.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Artist Statement: My Thoughts on Illustration and Prints ...

Illustration is pictorial communication, the ability to visually expand written text. A successful picture book integrates both art and narrative to produce a unified whole, a marriage of words and pictures.

Hellen Keller wrote, "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." For me the act of creating a picture book, which has the capacity to teach, inspire, and delight children of all ages, is that daring adventure.

My new book (out this coming September 2012) is called : THE YEAR COMES ROUND (Haiku through the Seasons) written by Sid Farrar. Two of the illustrations from this new book are on exhibit here. Also on exhibit is a picture from FARMER IN THE DELL. This book came out some years ago, but this fall it will be coming out in Japan!

My other passion in art has been printmaking. Some etchings and monoprints are also included in this exhibit. These works are for sale. Many of these images are abstract, or expressionistic. I love the "surprise" element in monoprints, which is very free and spontaneous. One never knows what the result will be. Also, in the case of monoprints, there can only be one (unless we consider the "ghost print" -- which can sometimes be derived from the same plate, but is still a bit different from the original.)

Besides these works, I've had fun in creating an illustration for Middlesex Bank for a "gift bag" and a CD for the Amber Flute Quartet, for the 50th Season of the Baltic Concert Series of New England. One never knows how a piece of art will translate to other areas! It will be interesting to see where my images end up next! Stay tuned! Best wishes, Ilse

About the Artist: Ilse Plume is an internationally renowned children's book author and illustrator who has illustrated stories from Italy, Latvia, Russia, and Sweden. She was inspired to illustrate children's books by her daughter, and her love of tales around the world was nurtured by her grandfather. Her books include: The Bremen Town Musicians, which received the Caldecott Honor, and, most recently, The Farmer in the Dell. She has shown her work in exhibitions at the Lincoln Public Library and the DeCordova Museum in Massachusetts, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Ilse has an M.F.A. and B.F.A. from Drake University, and studied printmaking at the Santa Reparata Studio in Florence, Italy. She is the recipient of the 1985 Ezra Jack Keats Award. She has taught at numerous institutions, including Iowa State University, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She currently teaches at the School for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and has just completed a book about St. Francis.

UPCOMING CLASS: How to Create a Children's Book - School of the Museum of Fine Art - 6 weeks: June 12-July 19

Learn more
_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Questions? Contact Indian Hill Music at (978) 486-9524x114 or e-mail us.