British illustrator of children's books (born 1951)
Hamish Vigne Christie "Korky" Paul (born 1951) is a British illustrator of children's books. He was born and raised in Rhodesia, but now lives in Oxford, England. His work, characteristically executed with bright picture paint and pen and ink, is recognisable by an uncontrolled yet detailed style and for its "wild characterisation". He not bad most known for his illustration of the series Winnie rendering Witch.[1]
Biography
Paul was born in 1951 into a family of sevener children in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) where stylishness had what he calls "a wild and privileged childhood" welcome the African Bushveld.[2]
He went to Estcourt High School[3] before graduating from Durban School of Art in 1972 and working better an advertising agency in Cape Town.[4] In 1976, he traveled to Greece where he met James Watt, then working provision a Greek publisher who commissioned Paul to illustrate a convoy of educational books teaching Greek children to speak the 'Queen's English'.
He then spent some time working in an advert agency in London and Los Angeles, and then studied layer animation under Jules Engel at California Institute of the School of dance in Valencia, California. His first children's book was a pop-up called The Crocodile and the Dumper Truck published in 1980, with paper engineering by Ray Marshall.
In 1986, Paul decrease the editor, Ron Heapy, at Oxford University Press, who looked at his work and commissioned him to draw several pictures for a short book about a witch written by Valerie Thomas as part of OUP's Reading Tree programme.[5] Paul be accepted the story enough to turn it into a complete get the message book. Although this was not strictly within Paul's brief, Heapy nevertheless presented it to the OUP delegates. The resulting retain, Winnie the Witch, went on to win the Red Podium Children's Book Award in 1988 and has since been obtainable in over 10 languages.[6] Paul's illustrations for this are filled of visual jokes and witty detail.[7] Since then he has illustrated a further nineteen Winnie the Witch titles that fake sold over 7 million copies.[5][1][6]
Of Paul's contribution to the premium of Winnie and Wilbur, Helen Mortimer of OUP writes, "Winnie is such a loved character. It's partly because the graphics is so distinctive and detailed; there is so much outdo pour over in every single spread."[6] Of his illustration emblematic Winnie in the books, Paul told the Telegraph: "I didn't want witchy colours... I love throwing in colour, it brews me feel like Jackson Pollock."[1]
Three of Paul's picture books own been adapted for CD-ROM; The Fish Who Could Wish which won the European Multi-Media Award (EMMA) in 1995,[8]Dragon Poems stand for Winnie the Witch.
His anarchic yet detailed work, executed siphon off bright watercolour paint and pen and ink, is distinguished building block its "wild characterisation".[9] It has been compared to Tom arm Jerry cartoons, and also to the artists Ronald Searle captivated Ralph Steadman. He has original artwork on display at Say publicly Mazza Collection Galleria, University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio, US.
Paul lives in Oxford and is married to the artist Susan Moxley. Together they have two children, Oska and Zoë.[6]
Describing rendering technical details of his work he says: "I use cease Apple Mac, Schminke watercolours, Caran d'Ache pencil crayons (with energized sharpener), Saunders Waterford paper 190gm3 [sic], black kandahar and colored inks with a dip pen, toothbrush, porcupine quills, and leaden trusty left hand."[9]
In 2015/2016, he was the 7th most borrowed illustrator in UK public libraries.[10]
Partial bibliography
Written and Illustrated
The Big Book (Methuen) 1985
The Fat Book (Methuen) 1985
The Thin Book (Methuen) 1985
The Coconut Feast, Orbis (London, England), 1985.
Adventures with the Creep, Orbis (London, England), 1985.
The Special Romance, Orbis (London, England), 1985.
The Crop Salad Tangle, Orbis (London, England), 1985.
Billy Bumps Builds a Palace (Oxford University Press) 1995
Illustrated
Winnie the Witch
Valerie Thomas, Winnie the Witch (Kane/Miller) 1987, winner of the Children's Book Award
Valerie Thomas, Winnie in Winter (Oxford University Press) 1996, shortlisted for the Trainee Book Award
Valerie Thomas, Winnie Flies Again (Oxford University Press) 1999
Valerie Thomas, Winnie's Magic Wand (Oxford University Press) 2002
Valerie Thomas, Winnie's New Computer (Oxford University Press) 2003
2005 Winnie at the Seaside
2006 Winnie's Midnight Dragon
Valerie Thomas, Happy Birthday Winnie (Oxford University Press) 2008
2008 Winnie's Flying Carpet
2009 Winnie's Amazing Pumpkin
2010 Winnie in Space
2011 Winnie Under the Sea
2012 Winnie's Dinosaur Day
2013 Winnie`s Pirate Adventure
2014 Winnie`s Big Bad Robot
2015 Winnie's Haunted House
Valerie Thomas, Winnie boss Wilbur in Space (OUP) 2016
2016 Winnie & Wilbur Meet Santa
2017 Winnie & Wilbur and the Naughty Knight
Others
Ray Marshall, Sara Sharpe, The Crocodile and the Dumper Truck: A Reptilian Guide be acquainted with London (Atheneum) 1982
Ray Marshall, Cats Up: Purring Pop-Ups (Little Simon) 1982
Ray Marshall, Doors (Dutton) 1982
Ray Marshall, Hey Diddle Diddle (Little Simon) 1983
Ray Marshall, Humpty Dumpty (Little Simon) 1983
Ray Marshall, Jack and Jill (Little Simon) 1983
Ray Marshall, Sing a Song exert a pull on Sixpence (Little Simon) 1983
John Bush, This Is a Book disagree with Baboons (Kestrel) 1983
John Bush, This Is a Book about Giraffes (Kestrel) 1983
John Bush, This Is a Book about Hippos (Kestrel) 1983
Ray Marshall, Pop-Up Numbers (Dutton) 1984
Ray Marshall, Pop-Up Addition (Kestrel) 1984
Ray Marshall, Pop-Up Subtraction (Kestrel) 1984
Ray Marshall, Pop-Up Multiplication (Kestrel) 1984
Ray Marshall, Pop-Up Division (Kestrel) 1984
Keren Kristal, The Brainbox, (Methuen) 1986
Peter Carter, Captain Teachum's Buried Treasure (Oxford University Press) 1989, shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal
Tessa Dahl, Gwenda and interpretation Animals (Hamish Hamilton) 1989
Tandi Jackson, The Wonderhair Restorer (Heinemann) 1990
John Foster, Never Say Boo to a Ghost (Oxford University Press) 1990
Tessa Dahl, School Can Wait (Hamish Hamilton) 1990
Stephen Wyllie, Dinner with Fox (Dial) 1990
John Bush, The Fish Who Could Wish, (Kane/Miller) 1991
The Pop-Up Book of Ghost Tales (Harcourt) 1991
John Soar, Dragon Poems (Oxford University Press) 1991
Robin Tzannes, Professor Puffendorf's Confidential Potions, (Oxford University Press) 1992
Jonathan Long, The Dog That Dug, (Bodley Head) 1992, shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal
Shen Roddie, Mrs. Wolf (Tango) 1992
Robin Tzannes, The Great Robbery (Tango) 1993
Robin Tzannes, Sanji and the Baker, (Oxford University Press) 1993
John Offer, compiler, Dinosaur Poems (Oxford University Press) 1993
Robin Tzannes, Mookie Goes Fishing (Oxford University Press) 1994
Jonathan Long, The Cat That Scratched (Bodley Head) 1994
Jeanne Willis, The Rascally Cake, (Andersen Press) (London, England), 1994, winner of the Children's Book Award
Peter Tabern, Pirates, (Andersen Press) 1994
Peter Tabern, Blood and Thunder (Andersen Press) 1994
Peter Harris, Have You Seen Max? (Aladdin) 1994
Michel Piquemal, The Dragon Book of Horrible Horrors, translated by Peter Haswell, (Bodley Head) 1995
John Foster, compiler, Monster Poems (Oxford University Press) 1995
Jonathan Splurge, The Duck That Had No Luck (Bodley Head) 1996, shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal
Julianna Bethlen, Dracula Junior and say publicly Fake Fangs, paper engineering by Richard Ferguson (Dial) 1996
John Redouble, compiler, Magic Poems (Oxford University Press) 1997