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George Pratt

Many thanks to Mr. Pratt for all of his help with this entry in the Artist Showcase.

About The Artist

George Pratt was born in Beaumont, Texas on October 13, 1960. In 1980, he moved to New York City to study drawing and painting at Pratt Institute and graduated in 1983. He returned there in the early 1990s as a teacher of junior and senior-level Methods and Media, as well as Sequential Storytelling for seven years.

A successful painter, Mr. Pratt's work can be found in private collections in the United States, Canada, Europe, India and Japan. He has been exhibited in the Houston Museum of Fine Art in addition to a one-man exhibition in the Nave Museum of Fine Art in Victoria, Texas.

His first novel, Enemy Ace: War Idyll (DC Comics/Warner Books), has seen four American editions, been translated into eight languages, and was on the required reading list at the West Point Military Academy. The book was nominated for both the Eisner and Harvey Awards for best Graphic Novel. It was also nominated for Best Foreign Graphic Novel in France where it won the prestigious France Info Award for best Foreign Graphic Novel. It also won the SpeakEasy Award for Best Foreign Graphic Novel in England.

No Man's Land (published by Tundra) is a collection of all the preparatory sketches for Enemy Ace: War Idyll in one book along with unpublished monotypes and paintings and peppered with quotes from the Great War. The work has been featured in many exhibitions on war throughout America, Canada, and Europe.

Recent projects include:
*   Wolverine: Netsuke - A four-part mini-series for Marvel Comics written and illustrated with paintings by George.
*   See You in Hell, Blind Boy; A Tale of the Blues - A text novel written by George which also includes his photographs, illustrations, comics, and recordings made in the Mississippi Delta.
*   Find Me A Voice - Includes paintings and prints of the Holocaust with poetry by Gabor Barabas. Find Me A Voice was also adapted and produced as a play which has been produced in Cincinnati, New York and New Jersey.
*   Harvest Breed - A 98-page hardcover Batman graphic novel for DC Comics/Warner Brothers, written and fully painted by George, due out in November.

George also continues to illustrate and design books and book jackets for various publishers.

He currently resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his wife, Meredith, a children's book designer and illustrator, and his young son, George H. Pratt V.

The Artist's Links

LINKS:

GEORGE PRATT HOMEPAGE (Pratt books and artwork for sale here)
http://www.georgepratt.com

Gallery


Netsuke 3
Front Cover
Netsuke 3
Back Cover
Netsuke 4
Front Cover

Netsuke
Image 1
Netsuke
Image 2
Netsuke
Image 3

Netsuke
Image 4
Netsuke
Image 5
Netsuke
Image 6
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