Art Exhibit, Book Signing

Featuring Greg Constantine

Greg Constantine, retired professor of art from Andrews University, will have an art exhibit and book signing at the James White Library on Tues., March 13, 2012 from 3-6 p.m. Illustrations from his books When Big Artists Were Little Kids and Vincent Van Gogh Visits New York will be on display and presentations will be given at 3:30 and 5:15 p.m. For those who are interested, all six of Constantine’s books will be available for purchase for $15 each.

Constantine’s children’s books give readers a brief glimpse into the young lives of famous painters and architects.  Using all his own watercolor illustrations and text, Constantine presents 17 famous artists to readers of When Big Artists Were Little Kids. By attempting to answer such questions as why Seurat painted with dots and what Monet’s nickname was, he suggests the possible influence certain childhood experiences had on famous artists. In Vincent Van Gogh Visits New York, Constantine uses imagination and some sophisticated humor to describe what might have happened if Van Gogh had visited New York City.

Constantine served as a professor of art for 46 years at Andrews University and is currently an artist-in-residence at the university. He has had 62 exhibitions at venues in both Europe and the United States, 18 of which were solo exhibitions in New York City. Additionally, Constantine wrote and illustrated six books, includingWhen More Big Artists Were Little Kids, When Big Architects Were Little Kids and Leonardo Visits Los Angeles. Originally from Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he received his Bachelor of Arts from And­­­rews University in 1960 and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Michigan State University in 1968.