COLLIER's+Books!

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Colliers style is NOT unique in that he exclusively utilizes watercolors, but is very unique in his use of //**COLLAGES**// ! His use of Collages comes from //**two**// (2) sources. One, definitely is from his childhood influences of the images from //**Ezra Jack Keats**// Picture Books, //** Whistle for Willie **// and // **Snowy Da**y //. The other and biggest influence was his Grandmother, who use to make __//**Quilts**//__ . Collier says regarding his "//**G-Ma's**//" quilts, that things are pieced together and those pieces of cloth are sort of like a metaphor of his life that has spilled over to children's books and telling stories. We sometimes //**piece**// things together to make ourselves whole and there are moments in our life that are pieced together. Sometimes we don't know what they mean, but if you hold on to the piece long enough it's going to make you whole. That's sort of the __//**concept of telling stories visually**//__ and making children's books and how profound it really is when he looks to create for children's books. Collier says: " Collage is more than just an art style. Collage is all about bringing different elements together. Once you form a sensibility about connection, how different elements relate to each other, you deepen your understanding of yourself and others." [].