The Brinton Museum’s 18th Illustrator Show opens Feb. 10 – Sheridan Media

The Brinton Museum has announced they will present the 18th Illustrator Show, featuring original picture book illustrations by nationally-known, award-winning painter and printmaker Theodore Waddell from Hailey, Idaho.The Brinton Museum’s 18th Illustrator Show features twenty-eight of Waddell’s original illustrations from four of his children’s books including works from his popular Tucker the Bernese Mountain Dog series, as well as a selection of illustrations from his 2015 book Memories of Childhood.The Brinton Museum’s Illustrator Shows, from 2003 forward, target a young audience with schools encouraged to schedule docent-guided tours throughout the duration of the exhibit.The museum has announced that Waddell will be in residence at The Brinton Museum March 6, through March 8, to conduct tours and talk with students about art, illustration and the process of creating and publishing children’s books.

According to the Brinton, Waddell studied art at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in Brooklyn, N.Waddell is represented in numerous private and public collections including the Denver Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Booth Museum of Western Art and the National Museum of Wildlife Art, among others.