Author/Illustrator Mike Venezia has been getting to know the world's greatest artists for as long as he can remember.
A graduate of The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Mike belives the best way to introduce kids to art and artists is through fun. If kids can look at art in a fun. If kids can look at art in a fun wqy, and think of artists as real people, the exctiting world of art will be open to them for the rest of their lives. Mike lives in a Chicago suburb with his wife, Jeannine, and children Michael Anthony and Elizabeth Ann.
Cleverly picking up on the idea behind Norman Rockwell's Triple Self-Portrait[shown on page 3], Mike has created Quintuple Self-Portrait. Mike hopes that by out-doing Norman Rockwell he will be able to secure a spot for himself in the Illustration Hall of Fame.