Wallace Edwards
Wallace Edwards (September 20, 1957 – December 25, 2022) beloved award-winning author-illustrator captured, transformed and inspired the imagination of both children and adults alike.
Edwards won the 2002 Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature Illustration for his first children’s picture book, Alphabeasts. His third book Mixed Beasts won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award.
A graduate of the Ontario College of Art, his paintings and illustrations are found in public and private collections, books, magazines and on public display in Canada and the United States. Edwards’ clients include the Metro Toronto Zoo, the BC Ministry of the Environment, the Canadian Wildlife Federation and countless various magazine publishers.
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Wallace Edwards Original Illustrations Once Upon a Line
From September 8th to the 30th, Studio22 will showcase Wallace Edwards’ original illustrations from his 2015 children’s book, Once Upon a Line.
Fall 2022: Artist Portfolio Series
Our Fall Artist Portfolio Series shows the most recent works by our represented artists for Fall 2022 (September, October, November).
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What is Peace?
"Wallace Edwards's expressive paintings give the experience of an art gallery in book form, and his sense of play and boundless imagination are guaranteed to ignite creativity and expression."
Notionography – New Works by Wallace Edwards
The exhibition of new work explores the way our subconscious mind mysteriously manifests and manipulates myriad images, incorporating ideas into imaginative illustrations.
