![]() ![]() At 8 years old, he sold his first work – he painted an advertising sign in a local shop. He showed talent and an interest in the arts from an early age. This week we look at the inspiring illustrator, Jack Ezra Keats.Įzra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn in March 1916 to Polish parents. As Isaac Newton said to a fellow scientist, Robert Hooke, “if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” These giants come in various forms and guises they can be friends, family, artists, activists, or other prominent figures. To see how we collectively and individually progress throughout the years brings me hope, strength, and growth. I have this voyeuristic pull to know how people lived, what their hardships were, how they not only overcame them but rose so far above what was expected. ![]()
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