"The best picture book I have seen in a long while. A message for everybody who is human." - Bob Docherty, Bob's Book Blog
In an unfamiliar, post-industrial land, the inhabitants get carried away with their celebrations and
destroy something essential to their world. Only when the last one is gone do they understand what
they have lost.
A universal tale about appreciating what we have. A springboard for conversations about care and
conservation. Not entirely for kids.
Studio
Paintings, sculptures, and illustrations - oil, acrylic, 3D print.
Masterton, Wairarapa, 2024
Ian
Chapman
Painter, sculptor, illustrator, and children's book author based in Masterton, in the heart of the Wairarapa. Working across oil on canvas, acrylic on aluminium, painted 3D sculpture, and picture books that are not always just for kids.
My paintings sit between the funny and the unsettling, ordinary things in quietly absurd situations. I have been at King Street Artworks for thirty years, and the local creative community has always mattered to me as much as the work itself.