directory of children's illustration

Contact Information

First Name

Brian

Last Name

Ajhar

Street Address

PO Box 521

City

Canadensis

State

PA

Country

United States

Zip/Postal Code

18325

personal web address

http://www.ajhar.com

type of art work

Water Color, Acrylic, Pen ink wash, Digital, Photoshop, Corel Painter, Character Design, Whimsical, Humorous, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Caricature, Animals, People, Men, Women & Kids, Creatures, Environments, satire, Historical, Fantasy.Costume and everything else !

Published Works

Scarlet Angelina Wolverton-Manning, Pinocchio, A Bursts of Firsts, The Giggler Treatment, Rover Saves Christmas, The Meanwhile Adventures, Home on the Range, Gone with the Wand (2009)

phone number

570-595-3782

other email

brian@ajhar.com

Bio

What Reviews have said followed by BIO:
“Clever, insightful, sensical, nonsensical, knowing, amusing, wacky, witty."_The New York Times Book Review
"Ajhar's frisky drawings add to the mayhem.” -- Publishers Weekly
"The comical pen-and-ink cartoons will bring additional giggles."_School
Library Journal
"You'll be amused by Brian Ajhar's appropriately humorous artwork."_KB SHAW, Publisher

Short Bio :
Since graduating from Parsons School of Design in 1980, Brian Ajhar’s work has found its way into most national magazines, and publications over the past 25 years ranging from Time, Newsweek, Forbes, to "The Wall Street Journal". His watercolor and ink illustrations are known for their whimsical satire and are influenced by 19th century European political satirists and book illustrators. He has created illustrations for Advertising campaigns in the US and abroad and worked on projects Designing Characters for TV and Film. His work has been included in many books about illustration including "The Illustrator in America." which he is featured as one of 30 illustrators during the 1990s. His Children’s Books include the New York Times Best Seller "The Giggler Treatment" published by Arthur Levine. "Scarlet Angelina Wolverton-Manning", "A Bursts of Firsts", "Rover Saves Christmas", “The Meanwhile Adventures”, "Home on the Range”, and "Pinocchio" which was developed from a 35 minute film he did that aired on Showtime. Brian new children’s book is called “Gone With The Wand” published by Orchard/Scholastic. He is He has taught at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, The University of Hartford, and is frequently a guest lecturer and professor at Syracuse University. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, two children and a yellow lab called Vanilla.
www.ajhar.com.