I also spent a lot of time with books.” Jenkins was enthralled by science and loved to draw and paint what he saw in nature. But no matter where they lived, Jenkins said, “I maintained a small menagerie of lizards, turtles, spiders and other animals and collected rocks and fossils. In an interview with Something About the Author, Jenkins recalled a childhood as a military brat, moving frequently while his father served in the military and pursued science degrees at various universities. Jenkins was born on Main Hickory, N.C., to Alvin, a physics professor, and Margaret, a bank employee and homemaker. Award-winning children’s author and illustrator Steve Jenkins, widely praised for his distinctive and detailed cut- and torn-paper collages depicting animals and the natural world, died on December 26 at age 69, of a splenic artery aneurysm.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |