Geronimo Garcia
Geronimo Garcia grew up in the barrios (neighborhoods) that are close to the Rio Grande. When Geronimo was only six years old, his dad, who was in the Navy, would send the family little comic books that he had drawn himself. They were about the ship that he was on and about his friends. Of course, his dad made up all sorts of adventures with monsters, bad guys and good guys. Geronimo loved those comic books, and he realized that he wanted to be an artist when he grew up.
In high school Geronimo decided to be a commercial artist-an artist who creates advertisements, designs and illustrates books, and other things like that. He went to college at the Houston Art Institute. After working for other people, he decided to start his on company-Geronimoooooo Design. He is the father of two daughters, Adriana and Marina.
Geronimo has illustrated two books for children: A Gift from Papa Diego/Un regalo de Papa Diego and Grandma Fina and Her Wonderful Umbrellas. Both books were written by Benjamin Alire Saenz.
Geromino made the illustrations for A Gift from Papa Diego by shaping clay into figures and then painting them with acrylic paints. Geronimo hopes that he readers of this book-especially the kids-will also work with clay and paint to make their own art. "It's easy," he says, "and, most important, it's fun."
Added 2002
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