The Australian outback and wildlife has also had an enormous impact on Jeannie Baker’s art with many of her books having an environmental focus. She addresses a diverse range of issues in her work, including family, society, sustainability and environment. She has a unique and distinctly recognisable style and is well known for her use of mixed media to create detailed and elaborate collages. J eannie Baker is a multi-award winning author and illustrator of a number of children’s picture books, perhaps most notable of which is Where the Forest meets the Sea. She attended art college at Brighton Polytechnic before emigrating to Australia in 1975 and becoming a children’s writer. As a child she loved drawing, painting and making things. As a child she loved drawing, painting and making things (Walker Books, 2008). txt Content type MARC source rdacontent Dimensions 29 cm Edition 1st ed. nc Carrier MARC source rdacarrier Content category text Content type code. Born in Croydon, England on November 2 1950, Jeannie grew up the eldest of six children. New York, Greenwillow Books, c2004 Bar code. Together, children and adults plant grass and trees and bushes in the empty spaces. Jeannie Baker is an artist, author and film-maker. She and her neighbors begin to rescue their street. A city street becomes a living, thriving neighborhooda place to call home. Born in Croydon, England on November 2 1950, Jeannie grew up the eldest of six children. In Jeannie Baker's striking, natural collages, an urban community reclaims its land. Jeannie Baker is an artist, author and film-maker.
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