Graham Percy (and me)

Here’s what I’ve been looking at:

1. A draft chapter – “A kiwi floating down a dark river” - from Greg O’Brien’s book The BookIllustrator/Artist, Graham Percy (1938 – 2008)
   
2. Greg O’Brien’s article for Art New Zealand “A Tour Guide of Real and Imagined Places”
   
3. Graham Percy’s obituary in The Independent by Peter Cambell
   
4. A list of works (selected by Greg O’Brien) for the exhibition “The imaginative life and times of Graham Percy”
   
5. Original illustrations by Graham Percy, rolled up and stored in the Gus Fisher Gallery
   
6. Illustrations by Graham Percy in his adult picture books Arthouse and Imagined Histories
   
7. Text from the exhibition’s details on exhibitionservices.co.nz
   
8. Graham Percy’s website graham.and.martinpercy.com
   
9. Some of Graham Percy’s children’s picture books (the ones I could fine at the Epsom Library) - When Dad Fills in the Garden Pond, 36 Strange Little Animals Waiting to Eat, Another Custard Pie
   
10. Some of Greg O’Brien’s art books for young people – Welcome to the South Seas: Contemporary New Zealand Art for Young People and Back and Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious
    
11. Another art book for children (by Brad Irwin) - Let’s Get Art: Children look at contemporary New Zealand art
    
12. Various texts about children’s book design – for example Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children about Their Art, Children’s Book Covers: Great Book Jackets and Cover Design, A History of Children’s Book Illustration
    
13. Children’s exhibition design, especially “Dialogues with places,” a 2008 exhibition at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre
    
14. The design document for Te Papa’s 2008 Rita Angus exhibition
    

As this is a lot to look at at once, firstly I would like to deal with items 1 through 9.