Earl Bradley My Best Friend Analysis

Earl Bradley (E.B.) Lewis was born on December 16, 1956 in Philadelphia, PA. (EB Lewis Artistrator, n.d.). According to his biography he learned from an early age that he had artistic abilities as he watched and learned from his two uncles who were artists themselves. Beginning in late elementary, Lewis began studying at Saturday Morning Temple University School of Art League, then went on to study at Temple University Tyler School of Art where he majored in graphic design and illustration, along with art education. This is when he began to find interest in watercolor painting (EB Lewis Artistrator, n.d.). Stated in another biography of Lewis, “he went directly into teaching, along with freelancing in graphic design. Between 1985 and 1986 he had completed a body of work which was exhibited in a downtown Philadelphia gallery. The show sold out and bought him public recognition and critical acclaim.” (Scholastic , 2015) …show more content…
B. Lewis has illustrated over seventy children’s books over the decades with brilliant artworks and watercolor images. Some of his great works are; Coming home soon wrote by Jacqueline Woodson, a story about a young girl and her grandmother that are separated from mama when she moves north to work during WWII (Tyson, 2009), My Best friend by Mary Ann Rodman which is a story about a young girl who tries hard to make friends with an older girl at the swimming pool (Tyson, 2009), and The Bat Boy and His Violin by Gavin Curtis this is a story about a boy that loves to play violin but his father is the coach of an all negro baseball team and he is forced to play on it (goodreads, 2007). Many of the books that Lewis illustrated for went on the win awards as