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Dean Morrissey - THE MONSTER LAUNCHER

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Dean Morrissey - THE MONSTER LAUNCHER
Dean Morrissey - The Monster Launcher - Limited Edition Print - Imaage Size: 35"W X 11 5/8"H. - Edition Size:250 - Published From The Artist'S Original Work. - Artist Dean Morrissey Explores The Power Of Imagination As It Weaves In And Out Of Our Lives. As Morrissey Conceives This Story, Paddy Becomes Convinced (After Listening To Monster Radio Theater) That Monsters Are Living In Gramps' House. Gramps Sets To Work On The Monster Launcher, A Masterpiece Of Imagination, Ingenuity And Spare Parts. "The Monster Launcher" Is Supposed To Send A Monster To The Back Side Of The Moon (The Home Of All Monsters According To Paddy). He And Gramps Load The Machine With Sure-Fire Monster Bait (Fruit Cake And Limburger Cheese) And, To Gramps’ Surprise, Real Monsters Show Up And Climb Aboard. They Get Launched, But Only Into The Neighbor’S Yard Where They Are Eventually Befriended By Paddy And Gramps. Once We’Ve Faced Monsters And Taken Their Measure, We Often Find That They Are Not Nearly As Frightening As We Imagine.………Dean Morrissey Biography Dean Morrissey Has Been Drawing And Creating Characters Since His Childhood In Boston. Inspired By Disney Matte Paintings And Comic Book Heroes Early On, He Grew To Appreciate The Works Of The Masters, Such As Rembrandt, Vermeer, Pyle And N.C. Wyeth. Morrissey Worked A Variety Of Job Until Deciding To Paint Full Time In The Late 1970’S. He Worked As A Freelance Book Cover Illustrator For Over 15 Different Publishers In New York And Won Numerous Awards. Morrissey Is Self Taught, And Considers The Demands Of Cover Illustration To Have Been His “Art School”. In 1991, Morrissey Began To Paint Some Images From A Story That He Was Creating. His Books Include Ship Of Dreams Harry N Abrams (1994), The Great Kettles: A Tale Of Time Harry N Abrams (1997), The Song Of Celestine Little, Brown And Co. (1998), The Christmas Ship Harpercollins (2000), A Christmas Carol Press (2000), The Moon Robber Harpercollins (2001), The Winter King Harpercollins (2002), And The Monster Trap Harpercollins (2004). His Awards Include The Society Of Illustrators Gold Medal For The Great Kettles, The Chesley Award For The Light Ship (2002), And He Is A Current Nominee For This Year’S Chesley Award For Anna Of The Celts (2003). Morrissey Lives With His Wife Shan And His Son On The South Shore Of Massachusetts.