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Dean Morrissey - THE WEATHERMILL

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Dean Morrissey - THE WEATHERMILL
Dean Morrissey - The Weathermill - Limited Edition Print - Imaage Size: 16 1/16"W X 26 3/4"H. - Edition Size:550 - Published From The Artist'S Original Work. - Contrary To Modern Meteorology, The Winter Storms That Blanket The Northern Hemisphere Of Our Planet Originate In A Castle Called Weathermore, High Atop A Mountain In The Land Of The Great Kettles. Out On A Terrace Overlook Of The Castle Stands The Weathermill, A Very Complex And Temperamental Machine That Creates All Our Winter Storms. Old Man Winter Plays The Weathermill Like A Towering Pipe Organ, Composing Blizzards, Flurries, Dustings . . . All Of It. Sometimes He Can Be Heard Singing As He Works: "Snow Driving Heavy Or Drifting Like A Feather, I'M Always At My Best When I'M Brewin' Stormy Weather."………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.