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In the animated classic “Dumbo”, you saw an elephant fly, and you may have seen a house fly. But have you ever seen an eggplant riding a bicycle, a clam on roller skates or an egg with a face wearing a pink pillbox hat? During the month of July you can see all this and more in the air conditioned comfort of the Rappahannock County Library.
The artist who created these fantasy food paintings is internationally-published illustrator and painter, Stephen R. Wagner.
His work best known locally is the Rappahannock County Seal, adopted in 1993, following a competition sponsored by the county. During his diverse, 30-year career his client list has included National Geographic, The Washington Post, Time-Life Books, Houghton Mifflin and the National Museum of Natural History.
Much of Wagner’s work is educational in nature.
Mr. Wagner is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and has been an illustrator and painter his entire career. He is one of the founders of the Illustrators Club, which now includes national membership. His biggest commission to date was 120 paintings for the National Museum of Natural History, part of the exhibit in the Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals which opened in the fall of 1997. Wagner lives in Washington on Menefee Mountain, where his wife, Kerri, operates Sycamore Hill House & Gardens, a bed and breakfast named by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the top 52 getaways of the year in 1993.
Although the food fantasy paintings don’t pay the bills, the artist renders these subjects for the sheer fun of it. “It was my wife, Kerri, a wonderful gourmet who loves to experiment, who raised my basic love of food to a higher level,”
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